A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Cauquenes in Chile. Event id: us2000c2i0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c2i0. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/12/17 / 2017-12-10 02:09:30 / December 10, 2017 @ 2:09 am. The temblor was picked up at 22:09:30 / 10:09 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -73.0078 West, latitude -36.038 South, depth = 33.55 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.55 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Talcahuano (c. 253 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Concepción (c. 215 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Tomé (c. 46 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Penco (c. 46 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Cauquenes (c. 31 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Constitución, Concepción, Penco (min 5000 pop).
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 was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km W of Cauquenes, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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