A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 124 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile (77 miles) on Monday. Unique identifier: us1000bw6q. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bw6q. Exact location of earthquake, -69.2406° West, -24.0046° South, depth 82.39 km. Global time and date of event 26/12/17 / 2017-12-26 00:05:14 / December 26, 2017 @ 12:05 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 20:05:14 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 82.39 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 124 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile.
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