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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Santa Cruz in Chile


Earthquake location -34.6764S, -71.8276WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Santa Cruz in Chile. Event id: us200040dv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200040dv. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40.11 km (25 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:34:48 / 3:34 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/10/15 / 2015-10-29 06:34:48 / October 29, 2015 @ 6:34 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -71.8276° West, -34.6764° South, depth 40.11 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Talca (c. 197 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Molina (c. 28 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from San Vicente (c. 22 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Constitución, Talca, San Vicente (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km W of Santa Cruz, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.8276° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -34.6764° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40.11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km W of Santa Cruz, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-10-29 06:34:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-10-29 07:09:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 259 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.343 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us200040dv Id of event.
Event Code 200040dv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200040dv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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