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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Lebu in Chile


Earthquake location -37.5495S, -73.8805WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Lebu in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/02/17 / 2017-02-19 09:37:23 / February 19, 2017 @ 9:37 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 05:37:23 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.79 km (11 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -73.8805 West, latitude -37.5495 South, depth = 17.79 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008ksb. Id of event: us20008ksb.

Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Coronel (c. 92 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Lota (c. 49 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Curanilahue (c. 30 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arauco (c. 24 700 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Lebu (c. 22 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Cañete (c. 20 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coronel, Lota, Arauco (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty 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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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: 21 km WNW of Lebu, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.8805° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -37.5495° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km WNW of Lebu, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-02-19 09:37:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-02-19 13:25:56 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 326 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 0.971 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 us20008ksb Id of event.
Event Code 20008ksb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008ksb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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