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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Purranque in Chile


Earthquake location -41.1507S, -74.0572WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Purranque in Chile. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pwju. Unique identifier: us7000pwju. The temblor was reported at 10:46:35 / 10:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -74.0572° West, -41.1507° South, depth 46.117 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/05/25 / 2025-05-02 10:46:35 / May 2, 2025 @ 10:46 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 46.117 km (29 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 83 km (51 miles) from Ancud (c. 28 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Puerto Varas (c. 25 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Frutillar (c. 16 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Purranque (c. 13 600 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Varas, Frutillar, Ancud (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km WSW of Purranque, Chile. This information 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 -74.0572° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -41.1507° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.117 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 80 km WSW of Purranque, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-02 10:46:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-05 09:55:12 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.249 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 155 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 us7000pwju Id of event.
Event Code 7000pwju An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pwju, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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