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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Valparaiso in Chile


Earthquake location -33.0335S, -71.9963WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.9963 West, latitude -33.0335 South, depth = 19.89 km. The temblor was detected at 21:52:37 / 9:52 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.89 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 23/04/17 / 2017-04-23 02:52:37 / April 23, 2017 @ 2:52 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008jvx. Id of event: us10008jvx.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Llaillay, La Ligua, Hacienda La Calera (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km W of Valparaiso, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.9963° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -33.0335° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km W of Valparaiso, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-04-23 02:52:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-04-23 03:11:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 355 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 0.301 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us10008jvx Id of event.
Event Code 10008jvx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008jvx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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