A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Vallenar in Chile on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000be0f. Id of event: us7000be0f. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -71.5448° West, -28.0504° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/08/20 / 2020-08-27 20:55:35 / August 27, 2020 @ 8:55 pm. The temblor was reported at 20:55:35 / 8:55 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vallenar (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 97 km (60 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days fifty-six 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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 NW of Vallenar, Chile.
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