A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Puerto Quellon in Chile on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/12/16 / 2016-12-25 15:21:08 / December 25, 2016 @ 3:21 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us10007mnz. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007mnz. Exact location of event, depth 18.88 km, -74.3839° West, -43.2438° South. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:21:08 / 11:21 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.88 km (12 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Puerto Quellón (c. 21 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Chonchi (c. 12 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chonchi, Puerto Quellón (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 63 km WSW of Puerto Quellon, Chile.
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