A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Diego de Almagro in Chile. The temblor was detected at 20:55:33 / 8:55 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/10/18 / 2018-10-18 00:55:33 / October 18, 2018 @ 12:55 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 124.56 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000hdpl. Event ids that are associated: us1000hdpl. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.3138 West, latitude -26.4937 South, depth = 124.56 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Diego de Almagro (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Diego de Almagro (c. 18 100 pop).
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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 74 km E of Diego de Almagro, Chile.
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