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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Machalí in Chile

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Machalí in Chile. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:24:06 / 7:24 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nqi4. Id of event: us6000nqi4. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/09/24 / 2024-09-08 19:24:06 / September 8, 2024 @ 7:24 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -70.5224° West, -34.1258° South, depth 108.677 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 108.677 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Rancagua (c. 212 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chimbarongo, Melipilla, Lo Prado. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km ENE of Machalí, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-70.5224° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-34.1258° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	108.677 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13 km ENE of Machalí, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-08 19:24:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-09 14:25:07	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	284	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	31	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.429	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.7 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	92	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	us6000nqi4	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nqi4	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nqi4,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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