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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Iquique in Chile


Earthquake location -20.1378S, -69.2633WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Iquique in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/11/20 / 2020-11-26 16:22:50 / November 26, 2020 @ 4:22 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 101 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -69.2633 West, latitude -20.1378 South, depth = 101 km. The temblor was detected at 16:22:50 / 4:22 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ck2h. Unique identifier: us7000ck2h.

Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-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. Each 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 93 km E of Iquique, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.2633° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.1378° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 101 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 93 km E 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 2020-11-26 16:22:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-26 19:29:34 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 284 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 0.471 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 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 us7000ck2h Id of event.
Event Code 7000ck2h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ck2h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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