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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near San Pedro de Atacama in Chile

Posted by admin on August 8, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -22.3105S, -67.3926WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 106 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (66 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -67.3926° West, -22.3105° South, depth 179.239 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ni3e. Id of event: us6000ni3e. The temblor was detected at 22:12:21 / 10:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/08/24 / 2024-08-04 22:12:21 / August 4, 2024 @ 10:12 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 179.239 km (111 miles).

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

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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: 106 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.3926° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.3105° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 179.239 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 106 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-04 22:12:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-08 04:08:05 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 259 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.967 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 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 us6000ni3e Id of event.
Event Code 6000ni3e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ni3e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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