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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Copiapó in Chile


Earthquake location -27.5079S, -70.825WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Copiapó in Chile on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 06:14:33 / 6:14 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 48.61 km (30 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/11/20 / 2020-11-10 06:14:33 / November 10, 2020 @ 6:14 am. Unique identifier: us7000cdbm. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000cdbm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -70.825° West, latitude -27.5079° South, depth = 48.61 km.

Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Copiapó (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Copiapó (c. 129 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-six 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km WSW of Copiapó, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.825° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -27.5079° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.61 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 km WSW of Copiapó, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-10 06:14:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-11 09:20:29 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 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 0.378 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 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 us7000cdbm Id of event.
Event Code 7000cdbm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cdbm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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