A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Salamanca in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000c39a. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000c39a. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:42:22 / 4:42 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 12/12/17 / 2017-12-12 07:42:22 / December 12, 2017 @ 7:42 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 125.93 km (78 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -70.2987 West, latitude -31.6568 South, depth = 125.93 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Calingasta (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calingasta, Illapel, Salamanca (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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.
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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: 65 km ENE of Salamanca, Chile.
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