A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Antofagasta in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:32:44 / 11:32 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.7 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.3603 West, latitude -24.1896 South, depth = 40.7 km. Global time and date of event 18/11/15 / 2015-11-18 02:32:44 / November 18, 2015 @ 2:32 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us10003z73. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003z73.
Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Antofagasta (c. 309 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Antofagasta (min 5000 pop). 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. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 59 km S of Antofagasta, Chile.
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