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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Coquimbo in Chile


Earthquake location -29.877S, -72.0665WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 27.02 km (17 miles). The temblor was picked up at 08:50:22 / 8:50 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/12/17 / 2017-12-08 13:50:22 / December 8, 2017 @ 1:50 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000c20x. Event ids that are associated: us2000c20x. Exact location of event, depth 27.02 km, -72.0665° West, -29.877° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 70 km W of Coquimbo, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.0665° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.877° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.02 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70km 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 2017-12-08 13:50:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-18 07:46:28 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 0.72 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 189 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 us2000c20x Id of event.
Event Code 2000c20x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000c20x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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