A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Vallenar in Chile. Event id: us70006q4h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006q4h. The temblor was detected at 06:23:28 / 6:23 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/12/19 / 2019-12-23 11:23:28 / December 23, 2019 @ 11:23 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -71.7412° West, -28.5586° South, depth 23.15 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.15 km (14 miles).
Event epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vallenar (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each 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 three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 96 km W of Vallenar, Chile.
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