A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Friday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:07:47 / 1:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/12/17 / 2017-12-08 06:07:47 / December 8, 2017 @ 6:07 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000c1yt. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000c1yt. Exact location, longitude -72.0558° West, latitude -29.8863° South, depth = 26.1 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 26.1 km (16 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 69 km W of Coquimbo, Chile.
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