A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Tome in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/07/15 / 2015-07-08 16:48:23 / July 8, 2015 @ 4:48 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20002w24. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002w24. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.87 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.4732 West, latitude -36.0528 South, depth = 20.87 km. The temblor was picked up at 11:48:23 / 11:48 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Concepción, Penco, Talcahuano (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Talcahuano (c. 253 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Concepción (c. 215 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tomé (c. 46 700 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Penco (c. 46 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 78 km NW of Tome, Chile.
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