A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Putre in Chile on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 86.62 km (54 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:03:08 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -69.7068 West, latitude -18.5902 South, depth = 86.62 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100044sw. Id of event: us100044sw. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/15 / 2015-12-07 18:03:08 / December 7, 2015 @ 6:03 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tacna, Arica (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 46 km SSW of Putre, Chile.
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