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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Antofagasta in Chile


Earthquake location -24.3482S, -70.0652WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Antofagasta in Chile. Exact location of event, longitude -70.0652 West, latitude -24.3482 South, depth = 61.35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/18 / 2018-09-23 05:44:10 / September 23, 2018 @ 5:44 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.35 km (38 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:44:10 / 1:44 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000hiw4. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000hiw4.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Antofagasta. Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Antofagasta (c. 309 800 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve 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 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: 84 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.0652° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -24.3482° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 84km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-23 05:44:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-23 08:35:04 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 271 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 0.414 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us2000hiw4 Id of event.
Event Code 2000hiw4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000hiw4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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