A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 124 km SSE of Putre, Chile (77 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 108.34 km (67 miles). Id of earthquake: us10007n47. Event ids that are associated: us10007n47. Global time and date of event 28/12/16 / 2016-12-28 01:06:54 / December 28, 2016 @ 1:06 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 21:06:54 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -69.2913° West, latitude -19.2963° South, depth = 108.34 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 124 km SSE of Putre, Chile.
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