A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Antofagasta in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 76.21 km (47 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:31:34 / 6:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -69.6266° West, latitude -23.4929° South, depth = 76.21 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/12/18 / 2018-12-21 22:31:34 / December 21, 2018 @ 10:31 pm. Unique identifier: us2000iw4b. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000iw4b.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Antofagasta (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Antofagasta (c. 309 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 80 km ENE of Antofagasta, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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