A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from San Antonio in Chile on Thursday. Global time and date of event 21/12/17 / 2017-12-21 14:20:59 / December 21, 2017 @ 2:20 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 09:20:59 / 9:20 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000buex. Id of event: us1000buex. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -72.5257° West, -33.8815° South.
The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cartagena, San Antonio. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. 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: 89 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile.
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