A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 82 kilometers (51 miles) from San Antonio in Chile on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000i02z. Unique identifier: us1000i02z. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.93 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 23:59:20 / December 1, 2018 @ 11:59 pm. Exact location, longitude -72.4067° West, latitude -33.9352° South, depth = 13.93 km. The temblor was detected at 18:59:20 / 6:59 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cartagena, San Antonio (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 82 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile.
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