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Minor earthquake 3.9 mag, 63 km NW of Talcahuano, Chile

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Earthquake location -36.2647S, -73.5314WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Talcahuano in Chile on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.747 km (15 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pyiv. Unique identifier: us6000pyiv. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.5314 West, latitude -36.2647 South, depth = 23.747 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/03/25 / 2025-03-13 08:15:28 / March 13, 2025 @ 8:15 am. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:15:28 / 8:15 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chiguayante, Concepción, Penco (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Talcahuano (c. 253 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Concepción (c. 215 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Chiguayante (c. 82 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Tomé (c. 46 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Penco (c. 46 100 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 63 km NW of Talcahuano, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.5314° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -36.2647° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23.747 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 km NW of Talcahuano, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-13 08:15:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-13 12:01:54 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 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.785 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 201 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000pyiv Id of event.
Event Code 6000pyiv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pyiv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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