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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Coquimbo in Chile

Posted by admin on July 27, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -29.2875S, -71.8129WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -71.8129° West, -29.2875° South, depth 22.714 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 22.714 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 10:37:03 / 10:37 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000qvh8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qvh8. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/07/25 / 2025-07-27 10:37:03 / July 27, 2025 @ 10:37 am UTC/GMT. 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 La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-one 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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 86 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.8129° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.2875° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.714 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-27 10:37:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-27 10:53:44 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 354 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 81 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.804 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us6000qvh8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qvh8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qvh8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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