A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Vallenar in Chile on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -71.6767 West, latitude -28.6461 South, depth = 42.34 km. Id of earthquake: us20005yxi. Event ids that are associated: us20005yxi. The temblor was reported at 18:30:39 / 6:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/05/16 / 2016-05-28 23:30:39 / May 28, 2016 @ 11:30 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 42.34 km (26 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vallenar.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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