Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Melipilla in Chile

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Melipilla in Chile on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us70009aik. Event ids that are associated: us70009aik. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:19:47 / 1:19 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/05/20 / 2020-05-05 17:19:47 / May 5, 2020 @ 5:19 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -71.2998° West, -34.0857° South, depth 59 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 59 km (37 miles).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lampa, Villa Presidente Frei, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile, Rauco. Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Rancagua (c. 212 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Chile La Pintana Lampa Lo Prado Melipilla Nunoa Puente Alto Rancagua Rauco San Antonio San Bernardo Santiago Villa Presidente Frei

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.2998° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-34.0857° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	59 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	43km S of Melipilla, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-05-05 17:19:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-05-05 17:49:20	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	7	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	328	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	0.224	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.49 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	62	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	us70009aik	Id of event.
Event Code	70009aik	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70009aik,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-71.2998° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

-34.0857° South

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

59 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

43km S of Melipilla, Chile

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2020-05-05 17:19:47

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-05-05 17:49:20

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-240

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

3.1

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

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

328

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.224

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.49 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

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

us70009aik

Id of event.

Event Code

70009aik

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us70009aik,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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