A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Putre in Chile on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 134.52 km (84 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70006232. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006232. Exact location, longitude -69.3939° West, latitude -18.1349° South, depth = 134.52 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:29:47 / 3:29 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/10/19 / 2019-10-25 19:29:47 / October 25, 2019 @ 7:29 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tacna.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 18 km ENE of Putre, Chile.
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