A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Constitucion in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.157 West, latitude -35.5242 South, depth = 11.24 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.24 km (7 miles). The temblor was detected at 07:04:54 / 7:04 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us20002y4h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002y4h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 12:04:54 / July 17, 2015 @ 12:04 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cauquenes, Constitución (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Cauquenes (c. 31 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 70 km WSW of Constitucion, Chile.
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