A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from San Antonio in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.5328 West, latitude -33.7003 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:57:40 / 2:57 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000j9tm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000j9tm. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/03/19 / 2019-03-02 07:57:40 / March 2, 2019 @ 7:57 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cartagena, San Antonio (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen 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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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: 85 km W of San Antonio, Chile.
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