A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Vallenar in Chile. The temblor was detected at 20:49:59 / 8:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.2558 West, latitude -27.9186 South, depth = 19.17 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.17 km (12 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/10/18 / 2018-10-07 00:49:59 / October 7, 2018 @ 12:49 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h8b2. Unique identifier: us1000h8b2.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vallenar. Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km NW of Vallenar, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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