A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from San Antonio in Chile. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:23:25 / 10:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -72.411° West, latitude -33.9682° South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000i48a. Id of event: us1000i48a. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 03:23:25 / December 3, 2018 @ 3:23 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cartagena, San Antonio.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 84 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile.
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