A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Paine in Chile. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000jdkm. Unique identifier: us1000jdkm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 82.28 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 11/03/19 / 2019-03-11 14:22:17 / March 11, 2019 @ 2:22 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -70.8818° West, latitude -33.8298° South, depth = 82.28 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:22:17 / 10:22 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Rancagua (c. 212 700 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cartagena, San Antonio, San Vicente.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km W of Paine, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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