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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 84 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile


Earthquake location -29.6221S, -72.1285WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:00:48 / 4:00 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -72.1285° West, -29.6221° South, depth 11.29 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.29 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/08/16 / 2016-08-26 21:00:48 / August 26, 2016 @ 9:00 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006udm. Id of event: us20006udm.

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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 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: 84 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.1285° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.6221° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 84km WNW of 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 2016-08-26 21:00:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-26 21:12:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 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 0.828 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 104 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 us20006udm Id of event.
Event Code 20006udm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20006udm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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