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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Taltal in Chile


Earthquake location -25.634S, -70.471WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Taltal in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 72.4 km (45 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007f5v. Id of event: us20007f5v. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:11:32 / 4:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/10/16 / 2016-10-18 20:11:32 / October 18, 2016 @ 8:11 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.471 West, latitude -25.634 South, depth = 72.4 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Diego de Almagro, Taltal (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Diego de Almagro (c. 18 100 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 25 km S of Taltal, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.471° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -25.634° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 72.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25km S of Taltal, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-18 20:11:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-19 18:00:16 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 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 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 us20007f5v Id of event.
Event Code 20007f5v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20007f5v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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