A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Vallenar in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, -71.5871° West, -28.6742° South, depth 16.86 km. The temblor was picked up at 13:17:15 / 1:17 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 16.86 km (10 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000g4c1. Event ids that are associated: us2000g4c1. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/07/18 / 2018-07-13 17:17:15 / July 13, 2018 @ 5:17 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vallenar (min 5000 pop).
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 five and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km W of Vallenar, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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