A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Vallenar in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/12/16 / 2016-12-26 01:03:32 / December 26, 2016 @ 1:03 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 20:03:32 / 8:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.66 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -71.4851° West, latitude -28.4049° South, depth = 28.66 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007ms9. Id of event: us10007ms9.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vallenar (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 73 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile.
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