A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Vallenar in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.1843 West, latitude -28.7457 South, depth = 61.04 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 61.04 km (38 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600040dd. Id of event: us600040dd. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:12:32 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/06/19 / 2019-06-13 16:12:32 / June 13, 2019 @ 4:12 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vallenar. The epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 45 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile.
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