A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Puerto Quellon in Chile on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -74.43° West, latitude -43.2258° South, depth = 14.7 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/12/16 / 2016-12-25 16:07:57 / December 25, 2016 @ 4:07 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007mp8. Unique identifier: us10007mp8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.7 km (9 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:07:57 / 12:07 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chonchi, Puerto Quellón (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Puerto Quellón (c. 21 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Chonchi (c. 12 600 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km W of Puerto Quellon, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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