A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Copiapo in Chile. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/03/16 / 2016-03-07 06:01:18 / March 7, 2016 @ 6:01 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 46.38 km (29 miles). Event id: us10004vt7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004vt7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 03:01:18 / 3:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -70.9814 West, latitude -26.9699 South, depth = 46.38 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Copiapó. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Copiapó (c. 129 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 77 km NW of Copiapo, Chile.
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