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Minor earthquake, 3.7 mag was detected near La Tirana in Chile

Posted by admin on June 17, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -20.7698S, -69.7412WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 48 kilometers (30 miles) from La Tirana in Chile on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.405 km (31 miles). Exact location of event, depth 49.405 km, -69.7412° West, -20.7698° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/06/25 / 2025-06-16 23:47:40 / June 16, 2025 @ 11:47 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qkqk. Unique identifier: us6000qkqk. The temblor was reported at 23:47:40 / 11:47 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 48 km S of La Tirana, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.7412° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.7698° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49.405 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48 km S of La Tirana, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-16 23:47:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-17 14:00:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.5 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 211 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.361 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 151 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qkqk Id of event.
Event Code 6000qkqk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qkqk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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