A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Illapel in Chile. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007z31. Unique identifier: us20007z31. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:42:58 / 12:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -71.916° West, latitude -31.6252° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 05:42:58 / December 8, 2016 @ 5:42 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km W of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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