A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Putre in Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 136.61 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.5223 West, latitude -18.5643 South, depth = 136.61 km. Event id: us2000c4jt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c4jt. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:09:42 / 4:09 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/12/17 / 2017-12-14 20:09:42 / December 14, 2017 @ 8:09 pm UTC/GMT.
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 Arica. Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 40 km S of Putre, Chile.
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