A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Villarrica in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us60007iyd. Unique identifier: us60007iyd. The temblor was reported at 05:15:22 / 5:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 93.65 km, -72.3113° West, -39.3536° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 09:15:22 / January 29, 2020 @ 9:15 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 93.65 km (58 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Temuco (c. 238 100 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Villarrica (c. 31 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Las Animas (c. 30 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Pucón (c. 27 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Lautaro (c. 21 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Nueva Imperial (c. 18 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Las Animas, Lautaro, Nueva Imperial. Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
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 one and in the last 365 days six 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 10 km SW of Villarrica, Chile.
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