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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Antofagasta in Chile


Earthquake location -23.0937S, -70.677WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Antofagasta in Chile on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.677 West, latitude -23.0937 South, depth = 24.93 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/16 / 2016-09-27 17:07:27 / September 27, 2016 @ 5:07 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:07:27 / 1:07 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10006t8j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006t8j. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.93 km (15 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 68 km (43 miles) from Antofagasta (c. 309 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Antofagasta (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 67 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.677° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -23.0937° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-09-27 17:07:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-09-27 17:53:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 298 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 0.432 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 144 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 us10006t8j Id of event.
Event Code 10006t8j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006t8j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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