A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Vallenar in Chile on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:24:37 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/17 / 2017-10-01 10:24:37 / October 1, 2017 @ 10:24 am. Event id: us2000axgg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000axgg. Exact location of earthquake, -70.8426° West, -28.3714° South, depth 60.82 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 60.82 km (38 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vallenar (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 24 km (15 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 23 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile.
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