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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 34 km N of Illapel, Chile


Earthquake location -31.3226S, -71.1679WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Illapel in Chile. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/02/19 / 2019-02-22 05:12:01 / February 22, 2019 @ 5:12 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 90.46 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.1679 West, latitude -31.3226 South, depth = 90.46 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 01:12:01 / 1:12 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000jld8. Event ids that are associated: us2000jld8.

The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ovalle, Monte Patria, Salamanca (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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: 34 km N of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.1679° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.3226° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 90.46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km N of Illapel, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-02-22 05:12:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-22 08:15:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 312 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.633 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 us2000jld8 Id of event.
Event Code 2000jld8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000jld8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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