A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Vallenar in Chile on Wednesday. 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 37.47 km (23 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/11/19 / 2019-11-27 14:23:38 / November 27, 2019 @ 2:23 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:23:38 / 10:23 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70006ds4. Unique identifier: us70006ds4. Exact location of earthquake, -71.3521° West, -28.1652° South, depth 37.47 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vallenar (min 5000 pop).
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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 73 km NW of Vallenar, Chile.
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