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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Coquimbo in Chile


Earthquake location -29.9508S, -71.6882WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -71.6882° West, -29.9508° South, depth 27.17 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/09/17 / 2017-09-29 18:08:56 / September 29, 2017 @ 6:08 pm. The temblor was reported at 13:08:56 / 1:08 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 27.17 km (17 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000awu0. Id of event: us2000awu0.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, Ovalle, La Serena (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 33 km W of Coquimbo, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.6882° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.9508° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.17 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33km W of Coquimbo, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-09-29 18:08:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-29 20:48:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 298 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 0.391 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 179 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 us2000awu0 Id of event.
Event Code 2000awu0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000awu0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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