A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The temblor was reported at 09:50:19 / 9:50 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -71.9593 West, latitude -31.763 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/11/19 / 2019-11-02 14:50:19 / November 2, 2019 @ 2:50 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us700062be. Unique identifier: us700062be.
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Illapel. Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 76 km WSW of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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