A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Los Andes in Chile. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000chmk. Unique identifier: us1000chmk. Exact location of event, longitude -70.3349 West, latitude -32.4714 South, depth = 103.31 km. 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 103.31 km (64 miles). The temblor was detected at 15:47:11 / 3:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/02/18 / 2018-02-06 19:47:11 / February 6, 2018 @ 7:47 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from San Felipe (c. 59 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Los Andes (c. 56 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Chicureo Abajo (c. 18 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Llaillay (c. 16 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chicureo Abajo, Hacienda La Calera, La Ligua (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km NNE of Los Andes, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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