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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Coquimbo, Chile


Earthquake location -30.7283S, -71.5131WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, Coquimbo, Chile kilometers (0 miles) from Coquimbo, Chile. Id of earthquake: us20005ck2. Event ids that are associated: us20005ck2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/03/16 / 2016-03-26 08:56:31 / March 26, 2016 @ 8:56 am. Exact location, longitude -71.5131° West, latitude -30.7283° South, depth = 38.03 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:56:31 / 8:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.03 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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 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: Coquimbo, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.5131° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -30.7283° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.03 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Coquimbo, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-03-26 08:56:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-03-26 09:21:41 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 284 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 0.118 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 us20005ck2 Id of event.
Event Code 20005ck2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20005ck2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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