A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Los Angeles in Chile on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -72.1517 West, latitude -37.3184 South, depth = 110.14 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: us100095d6. Id of event: us100095d6. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/06/17 / 2017-06-29 21:38:06 / June 29, 2017 @ 9:38 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:38:06 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 110.14 km (68 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chiguayante, Coihueco, Chillán (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Chillán (c. 150 400 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Los Ángeles (c. 125 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Chiguayante (c. 82 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Angol (c. 44 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mulchén (c. 22 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Nacimiento (c. 21 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km NE of Los Angeles, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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