A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Putre in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, -69.8686° West, -18.0344° South, depth 109.87 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:16:11 / 1:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109.87 km (68 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000bttr. Event ids that are associated: us1000bttr. Global time and date of event 20/12/17 / 2017-12-20 18:16:11 / December 20, 2017 @ 6:16 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ilabaya, Arica, Tacna (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 41 km (25 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 37 km WNW of Putre, Chile.
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