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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Los Andes in Chile


Earthquake location -32.3841S, -69.739WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Los Andes in Chile on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 115.474 km (72 miles). Event id: us6000pgtu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pgtu. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/01/25 / 2025-01-01 09:09:01 / January 1, 2025 @ 9:09 am. 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 09:09:01 / 9:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -69.739° West, -32.3841° South, depth 115.474 km.

Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Los Andes (c. 56 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Los Andes (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 94 km ENE of Los Andes, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.739° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.3841° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 115.474 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 94 km ENE of Los Andes, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-01 09:09:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-01 10:03:43 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.071 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us6000pgtu Id of event.
Event Code 6000pgtu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pgtu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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