A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Chonchi in Chile. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/05/18 / 2018-05-14 02:58:05 / May 14, 2018 @ 2:58 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -74.0372 West, latitude -42.834 South, depth = 27.2 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e4fm. Unique identifier: us1000e4fm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:58:05 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.2 km (17 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Castro (c. 29 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Puerto Quellón (c. 21 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Chonchi (c. 12 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Quellón, Castro, Chonchi (min 5000 pop).
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 one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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: 30 km SW of Chonchi, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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