Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Tome in Chile

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Tome in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/07/16 / 2016-07-02 12:01:45 / July 2, 2016 @ 12:01 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10005zgp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005zgp. Exact location of event, longitude -72.9849 West, latitude -36.273 South, depth = 27.63 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:01:45 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 27.63 km (17 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lota, Chillán, Coronel. Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from Talcahuano (c. 253 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Concepción (c. 215 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Chillán (c. 150 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Coronel (c. 92 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Chiguayante (c. 82 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Lota (c. 49 800 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 38 km N of Tome, Chile.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-72.9849° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-36.273° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	27.63 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	38km N of Tome, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-07-02 12:01:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-07-15 12:38:04	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	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	0.501	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.01 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	173	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	us10005zgp	Id of event.
Event Code	10005zgp	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10005zgp,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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