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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Los Andes in Chile


Earthquake location -32.8514S, -70.4175WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Los Andes in Chile. The temblor was detected at 02:14:32 / 2:14 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70005g9x. Event ids that are associated: us70005g9x. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/09/19 / 2019-09-14 06:14:32 / September 14, 2019 @ 6:14 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 98.74 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 98.74 km, -70.4175° West, -32.8514° South.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quilpué, Peñaflor, Villa Alemana. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop).

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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km E of Los Andes, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.4175° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.8514° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 98.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km E of Los Andes, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-09-14 06:14:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-14 06:38:33 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 326 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 0.142 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 us70005g9x Id of event.
Event Code 70005g9x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70005g9x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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