A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Antofagasta in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/10/18 / 2018-10-17 11:46:51 / October 17, 2018 @ 11:46 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.7336 West, latitude -23.3429 South, depth = 103.91 km. 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: us1000hdb7. Unique identifier: us1000hdb7. The epicenter was at a depth of 103.91 km (65 miles). The temblor was picked up at 07:46:51 / 7:46 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Antofagasta (c. 309 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Antofagasta.
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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 76 km ENE of Antofagasta, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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