A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Osorno in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 18/01/19 / 2019-01-18 12:34:08 / January 18, 2019 @ 12:34 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 08:34:08 / 8:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -73.0752° West, -40.5916° South, depth 57.73 km. Unique identifier: us2000j7iw. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j7iw. The epicenter was at a depth of 57.73 km (36 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Animas, Valdivia, Puerto Varas. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 5 km (3 miles) from Osorno (c. 135 800 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Valdivia (c. 133 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Las Animas (c. 30 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Puerto Varas (c. 25 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Frutillar (c. 16 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km ESE of Osorno, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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