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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Iquique in Chile


Earthquake location -19.4565S, -69.1952WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 130 km NE of Iquique, Chile (81 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70008g7w. Unique identifier: us70008g7w. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:59:42 / 12:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -69.1952 West, latitude -19.4565 South, depth = 114.65 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/03/20 / 2020-03-26 04:59:42 / March 26, 2020 @ 4:59 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 114.65 km (71 miles).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 130 km NE of Iquique, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.1952° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.4565° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 114.65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 130km NE of Iquique, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-03-26 04:59:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-08 23:17:44 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 0.21 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 us70008g7w Id of event.
Event Code 70008g7w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008g7w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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