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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Illapel in Chile


Earthquake location -31.753S, -71.694WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Illapel in Chile. Exact location of event, longitude -71.694 West, latitude -31.753 South, depth = 40.7 km. The temblor was reported at 20:42:08 / 8:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000410u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000410u. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.7 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/11/15 / 2015-11-24 23:42:08 / November 24, 2015 @ 11:42 pm.

Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 51 km WSW of Illapel, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.694° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.753° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51km WSW of Illapel, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-24 23:42:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-25 00:12:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 271 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000410u Id of event.
Event Code 1000410u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000410u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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