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Minor earthquake, 3.9 mag strikes near La Tirana in Chile

Posted by admin on August 8, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -20.8079S, -70.5193WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from La Tirana in Chile on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 60.738 km, -70.5193° West, -20.8079° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/08/24 / 2024-08-08 08:24:52 / August 8, 2024 @ 8:24 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 08:24:52 / 8:24 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000nitm. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nitm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.738 km (38 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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: 71 km SW of La Tirana, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.5193° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.8079° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.738 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71 km SW 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 2024-08-08 08:24:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-08 08:39:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 234 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 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.343 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 226 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nitm Id of event.
Event Code 6000nitm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nitm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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