A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Vallenar in Chile on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 23.38 km, -71.5413° West, -29.0318° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000dcpz. Id of event: us2000dcpz. The epicenter was at a depth of 23.38 km (15 miles). The temblor was reported at 22:59:09 / 10:59 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/03/18 / 2018-03-06 02:59:09 / March 6, 2018 @ 2:59 am UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Vallenar. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 91 km SW of Vallenar, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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