A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Putre in Chile. The temblor was picked up at 03:21:43 / 3:21 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 94.19 km (59 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -69.7773 West, latitude -18.5806 South, depth = 94.19 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/10/17 / 2017-10-10 07:21:43 / October 10, 2017 @ 7:21 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000b3eu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000b3eu.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tacna, Arica. Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km SSW of Putre, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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