A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Vallenar in Chile. Exact location of event, longitude -71.5502 West, latitude -28.7194 South, depth = 27.73 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.73 km (17 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/10/17 / 2017-10-14 21:43:17 / October 14, 2017 @ 9:43 pm. The temblor was reported at 17:43:17 / 5:43 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000asbr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000asbr.
Nearby 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 Vallenar. Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 79 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile.
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