A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Putre in Chile. Exact location of event, longitude -69.6122 West, latitude -18.0167 South, depth = 136.87 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:46:41 / 9:46 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 13:46:41 / May 5, 2018 @ 1:46 pm. Event id: us1000dyte. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dyte. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 136.87 km (85 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arica, Tacna (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 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 four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 20 km NNW of Putre, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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