A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Tome in Chile. Unique identifier: us20004g29. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004g29. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:19:50 / 9:19 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 20.75 km (13 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -73.4642° West, -35.9243° South, depth 20.75 km. Global time and date of event 10/12/15 / 2015-12-10 02:19:50 / December 10, 2015 @ 2:19 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Tomé (c. 46 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomé (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 89 km NNW of Tome, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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