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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Chimbarongo in Chile


Earthquake location -34.8129S, -70.4569WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Chimbarongo in Chile on Friday. Id of earthquake: us20009j5v. Event ids that are associated: us20009j5v. The temblor was detected at 00:11:33 / 12:11 am (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, longitude -70.4569 West, latitude -34.8129 South, depth = 123.75 km. Global time and date of event 02/06/17 / 2017-06-02 04:11:33 / June 2, 2017 @ 4:11 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.75 km (77 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Rancagua (c. 212 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Rengo (c. 38 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Molina (c. 28 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Machalí (c. 27 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Graneros, Santa Cruz, Molina (min 5000 pop).

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

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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 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: 55 km ESE of Chimbarongo, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.4569° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -34.8129° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 123.75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55km ESE of Chimbarongo, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-06-02 04:11:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-06-02 04:31:12 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 284 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 0.267 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 103 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 us20009j5v Id of event.
Event Code 20009j5v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20009j5v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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