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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Libertador O’Higgins in Chile

Posted by admin on October 14, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -34.0239S, -72.2507WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported Near the coast of Libertador O’Higgins, Chile kilometers (0 miles) from Libertador O’Higgins in Chile on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:07:22 / 7:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.19 km (13 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/10/20 / 2020-10-13 19:07:22 / October 13, 2020 @ 7:07 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c831. Id of event: us6000c831. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.2507 West, latitude -34.0239 South, depth = 20.19 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cartagena, San Antonio (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: Near the coast of Libertador O’Higgins, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.2507° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -34.0239° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.19 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Near the coast of Libertador O'Higgins, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-13 19:07:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-14 14:48:30 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 0.643 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 92 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000c831 Id of event.
Event Code 6000c831 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c831, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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