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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Tarapaca in Chile


Earthquake location -18.1763S, -70.0737WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile kilometers (0 miles) from Tarapaca in Chile on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000cqwe. Id of event: us6000cqwe. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/11/20 / 2020-11-20 17:02:39 / November 20, 2020 @ 5:02 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 138.1 km, -70.0737° West, -18.1763° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 138.1 km (86 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:02:39 / 5:02 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ilabaya, Arica, Tacna. The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.0737° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.1763° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 138.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-20 17:02:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-20 18:38:03 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 312 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 0.32 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 95 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 us6000cqwe Id of event.
Event Code 6000cqwe An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cqwe, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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