A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 87 kilometers (54 miles) from San Antonio in Chile on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.49 km (9 miles). Global time and date of event 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 02:34:12 / December 3, 2018 @ 2:34 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 21:34:12 / 9:34 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000i0wr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000i0wr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.4059 West, latitude -34.0307 South, depth = 14.49 km.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cartagena, San Antonio. Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop).
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 four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km SW of San Antonio, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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