A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Vallenar in Chile. The epicenter was at a depth of 114.67 km (71 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 01/12/16 / 2016-12-01 00:21:40 / December 1, 2016 @ 12:21 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -70.2787° West, -28.738° South, depth 114.67 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:21:40 / 8:21 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10007dx6. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007dx6.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vallenar (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop).
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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 50 km ESE of Vallenar, Chile.
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