A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Diego de Almagro in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.98 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/12/17 / 2017-12-19 13:14:37 / December 19, 2017 @ 1:14 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.4685 West, latitude -26.0357 South, depth = 44.98 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:14:37 / 9:14 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bt1n. Id of event: us1000bt1n.
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 Taltal, Diego de Almagro. Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Diego de Almagro (c. 18 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 55 km NW of Diego de Almagro, Chile.
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