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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Coihueco in Chile


Earthquake location -36.5515S, -71.2224WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Coihueco in Chile. The epicenter was at a depth of 133.76 km (83 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/11/15 / 2015-11-25 16:22:00 / November 25, 2015 @ 4:22 pm. Exact location, longitude -71.2224° West, latitude -36.5515° South, depth = 133.76 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000419h. Unique identifier: us1000419h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:22:00 / 1:22 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Chillán (c. 150 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Linares (c. 69 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from San Carlos (c. 31 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Parral (c. 26 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Coihueco (c. 7 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Longaví (c. 6 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Linares, Chillán, Longaví. 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 two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 55 km E of Coihueco, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.2224° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -36.5515° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 133.76 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55km E of Coihueco, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-25 16:22:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-25 23:11:23 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 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 0.802 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us1000419h Id of event.
Event Code 1000419h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000419h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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