A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Vallenar in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/12/17 / 2017-12-02 09:30:22 / December 2, 2017 @ 9:30 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 05:30:22 / 5:30 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bk95. Unique identifier: us1000bk95. Exact location, longitude -70.2926° West, latitude -28.4143° South, depth = 122.58 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 122.58 km (76 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vallenar (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 48 km ENE of Vallenar, Chile.
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