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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag has occurred near La Tirana in Chile

Posted by admin on September 14, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -20.5548S, -69.999WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from La Tirana in Chile on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/09/25 / 2025-09-14 04:00:13 / September 14, 2025 @ 4:00 am. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:00:13 / 4:00 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.73 km (22 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qw4d. Id of event: us7000qw4d. Exact location of event, longitude -69.999 West, latitude -20.5548 South, depth = 34.73 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 32 km SSE of La Tirana, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.999° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.5548° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.73 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32 km SSE 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 2025-09-14 04:00:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-14 06:19:00 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 149 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 0.301 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 142 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 us7000qw4d Id of event.
Event Code 7000qw4d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qw4d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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