A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Vallenar in Chile on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 08:24:51 / 8:24 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000aua8. Id of event: us2000aua8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.35 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -71.2751° West, -28.2783° South, depth 30.35 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/09/17 / 2017-09-25 12:24:51 / September 25, 2017 @ 12:24 pm.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vallenar.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 60 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile.
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