A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Diego de Almagro in Chile. Global time and date of event 13/01/20 / 2020-01-13 08:12:36 / January 13, 2020 @ 8:12 am UTC/GMT. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:12:36 / 3:12 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70006z2q. Event ids that are associated: us70006z2q. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 70.6 km, -70.9033° West, -26.1157° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.6 km (44 miles).
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Diego de Almagro (c. 18 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Diego de Almagro, Taltal (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 89 km WNW of Diego de Almagro, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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