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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near La Tirana in Chile


Earthquake location -20.8097S, -70.0972WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from La Tirana in Chile on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -70.0972° West, -20.8097° South, depth 50.266 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mzq0. Unique identifier: us6000mzq0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:17:13 / 8:17 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/05/24 / 2024-05-19 20:17:13 / May 19, 2024 @ 8:17 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.266 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique. Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).

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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 58 km S of La Tirana, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.0972° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.8097° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 50.266 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58 km S of La Tirana, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-19 20:17:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-24 20:15:45 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 298 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.537 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 137 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 us6000mzq0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mzq0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mzq0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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