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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Putre in Chile


Earthquake location -17.8665S, -69.7681WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Putre in Chile. The epicenter was at a depth of 151.44 km (94 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:25:37 / 11:25 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70005gk8. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005gk8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/09/19 / 2019-09-15 03:25:37 / September 15, 2019 @ 3:25 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -69.7681 West, latitude -17.8665 South, depth = 151.44 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). The epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ilabaya, Arica, Tacna.

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

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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: 42 km NNW of Putre, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.7681° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.8665° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 151.44 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km NNW of Putre, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-09-15 03:25:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-15 03:50:59 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 284 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 0.389 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 163 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 us70005gk8 Id of event.
Event Code 70005gk8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70005gk8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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