A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Antofagasta in Chile on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:25:23 / 5:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/04/19 / 2019-04-28 10:25:23 / April 28, 2019 @ 10:25 am. Unique identifier: us70003dcs. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003dcs. Exact location of event, depth 40.2 km, -71.0102° West, -24.1184° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.2 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Antofagasta (c. 309 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Antofagasta. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 80 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile.
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