A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Puerto Quellon in Chile. Exact location of event, longitude -74.4059 West, latitude -43.2793 South, depth = 21.97 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.97 km (14 miles). Event id: us10007p1h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007p1h. The temblor was reported at 00:13:10 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/01/17 / 2017-01-01 04:13:10 / January 1, 2017 @ 4:13 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Puerto Quellón (c. 21 800 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Quellón.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km WSW of Puerto Quellon, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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