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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 43 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile

Posted by admin on December 16, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -32.8577S, -72.0384WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Valparaíso in Chile on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -72.0384° West, -32.8577° South, depth 14.95 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/12/20 / 2020-12-16 07:58:55 / December 16, 2020 @ 7:58 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.95 km (9 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:58:55 / 7:58 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000cri4. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000cri4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Antonio, La Ligua, Cartagena.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 43 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.0384° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.8577° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.95 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-16 07:58:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-16 08:33:52 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 0.375 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 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 us7000cri4 Id of event.
Event Code 7000cri4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cri4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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