A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Putre in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/05/18 / 2018-05-07 11:14:12 / May 7, 2018 @ 11:14 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000dzv9. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dzv9. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:14:12 / 7:14 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 117.54 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -69.6876 West, latitude -18.1642 South, depth = 117.54 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arica, Tacna. The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 13 km WNW of Putre, Chile.
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