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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near La Ligua in Chile


Earthquake location -32.0507S, -71.7548WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. The temblor was picked up at 07:06:43 / 7:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -71.7548° West, -32.0507° South, depth 46.75 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 46.75 km (29 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/06/20 / 2020-06-10 07:06:43 / June 10, 2020 @ 7:06 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000a964. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a964.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel, La Ligua (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 66 km NW of La Ligua, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.7548° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.0507° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 km NW of La Ligua, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-10 07:06:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-10 09:41:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 259 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 0.639 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 194 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 us6000a964 Id of event.
Event Code 6000a964 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a964, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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