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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Vallenar in Chile

Posted by admin on May 9, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -27.8274S, -71.0882WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Vallenar in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, -71.0882° West, -27.8274° South, depth 51.199 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51.199 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 18:11:41 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pyb2. Id of event: us7000pyb2. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/05/25 / 2025-05-09 18:11:41 / May 9, 2025 @ 6:11 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Copiapó, Vallenar (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Copiapó (c. 129 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.0882° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -27.8274° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 51.199 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-09 18:11:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-09 18:44:24 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.376 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 185 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 us7000pyb2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pyb2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pyb2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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