A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Copiapo in Chile on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -70.1866° West, latitude -27.8305° South, depth = 98.15 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 98.15 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us2000b2yg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000b2yg. The temblor was detected at 02:13:31 / 2:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/10/17 / 2017-10-09 06:13:31 / October 9, 2017 @ 6:13 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Copiapó (c. 129 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Copiapó.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 53 km SSE of Copiapo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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