A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Chonchi in Chile. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/08/18 / 2018-08-09 07:18:44 / August 9, 2018 @ 7:18 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.69 km (15 miles). Unique identifier: us1000g5nu. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000g5nu. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -74.2415 West, latitude -42.506 South, depth = 23.69 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:18:44 / 3:18 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Quellón, Ancud, Chonchi (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Castro (c. 29 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ancud (c. 28 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Puerto Quellón (c. 21 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Chonchi (c. 12 600 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 one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 37 km WNW of Chonchi, Chile.
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