A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Putre in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -69.6959 West, latitude -18.3786 South, depth = 148.11 km. Global time and date of event 15/11/18 / 2018-11-15 06:27:13 / November 15, 2018 @ 6:27 am UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:27:13 / 2:27 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 148.11 km (92 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000hs1w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hs1w.
Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tacna, Arica. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 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 four and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 24 km SW of Putre, Chile.
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