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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Carahue in Chile

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Carahue in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 22.34 km (14 miles). The temblor was detected at 22:28:38 / 10:28 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20004150. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004150. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/11/15 / 2015-11-01 01:28:38 / November 1, 2015 @ 1:28 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 22.34 km, -73.345° West, -38.7821° South.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vilcún, Loncoche, Lautaro (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Temuco (c. 238 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Lautaro (c. 21 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Nueva Imperial (c. 18 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Loncoche (c. 15 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Traiguén (c. 14 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Pitrufquén (c. 13 700 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Carahue (c. 11 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 17 km WSW of Carahue, Chile.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-73.345° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-38.7821° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	22.34 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17km WSW of Carahue, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-11-01 01:28:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-11-01 02:05:25	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-180	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	17	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	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	376	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	1.15	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.79 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	125	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us20004150	Id of event.
Event Code	20004150	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20004150,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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