A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Vallenar in Chile on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:20:04 / 5:20 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000bvad. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bvad. Global time and date of event 23/12/17 / 2017-12-23 09:20:04 / December 23, 2017 @ 9:20 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 57.31 km, -71.0229° West, -27.9681° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.31 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vallenar (min 5000 pop).
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 twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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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 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: 71 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile.
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