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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Iquique in Chile


Earthquake location -20.4822S, -69.4522WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Iquique in Chile on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 86.3 km, -69.4522° West, -20.4822° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/05/16 / 2016-05-29 14:16:13 / May 29, 2016 @ 2:16 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 86.3 km (54 miles). Event id: us20005z0t. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005z0t. The temblor was picked up at 10:16:13 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 fifty-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.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 77 km ESE of Iquique, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.4522° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.4822° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 86.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77km ESE of Iquique, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-29 14:16:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-29 15:15:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 0.44 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 61 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 us20005z0t Id of event.
Event Code 20005z0t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20005z0t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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