A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Vallenar in Chile. All ids that are associated to the event: us700071g0. Unique identifier: us700071g0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -71.5306° West, latitude -28.5686° South, depth = 35 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:19:26 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/01/20 / 2020-01-17 03:19:26 / January 17, 2020 @ 3:19 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vallenar. Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 75 km W of Vallenar, Chile.
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