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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Ovalle in Chile


Earthquake location -30.7143S, -71.8233WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/07/17 / 2017-07-28 19:53:45 / July 28, 2017 @ 7:53 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 18.42 km (11 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:53:45 / 3:53 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000a2cc. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000a2cc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 18.42 km, -71.8233° West, -30.7143° South.

Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 61 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.8233° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -30.7143° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.42 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61km WSW of Ovalle, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-07-28 19:53:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-07-29 14:09:11 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 259 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 0.859 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us2000a2cc Id of event.
Event Code 2000a2cc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000a2cc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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