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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Rio Bueno in Chile


Earthquake location -40.3093S, -72.9593WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Rio Bueno in Chile. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:49:02 / 2:49 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/08/16 / 2016-08-12 18:49:02 / August 12, 2016 @ 6:49 pm. Event id: us10006de9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006de9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.66 km (41 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.9593 West, latitude -40.3093 South, depth = 65.66 km.

Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Panguipulli, Frutillar, Purranque. Epicenter of the event was 33 km (20 miles) from Osorno (c. 135 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Valdivia (c. 133 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Las Animas (c. 30 000 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Frutillar (c. 16 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Panguipulli (c. 16 300 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three 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 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: 1 km NE of Rio Bueno, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.9593° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -40.3093° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 65.66 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1km NE of Rio Bueno, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-08-12 18:49:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-13 16:30:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 272 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 0.558 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us10006de9 Id of event.
Event Code 10006de9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006de9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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