A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Vallenar in Chile. Exact location of event, depth 19.85 km, -71.3684° West, -27.957° South. The temblor was picked up at 18:34:30 / 6:34 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.85 km (12 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/01/18 / 2018-01-31 23:34:30 / January 31, 2018 @ 11:34 pm. Id of earthquake: us2000d0x3. Event ids that are associated: us2000d0x3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vallenar (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 90 km NW of Vallenar, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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