A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Copiapo in Chile. The temblor was detected at 10:50:09 / 10:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -70.2266° West, -27.462° South, depth 91.73 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70005awx. Unique identifier: us70005awx. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 91.73 km (57 miles). Global time and date of event 01/09/19 / 2019-09-01 14:50:09 / September 1, 2019 @ 2:50 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Copiapó (c. 129 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Copiapó (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 fifteen 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 14 km SE of Copiapo, Chile.
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