A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Curico in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 107.84 km (67 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:17:28 / 8:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 107.84 km, -70.7434° West, -35.0861° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/08/15 / 2015-08-04 00:17:28 / August 4, 2015 @ 12:17 am. Id of earthquake: us10002xmy. Event ids that are associated: us10002xmy.
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Talca, San Clemente, San Vicente. The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Talca (c. 197 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Rengo (c. 38 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Molina (c. 28 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Vicente (c. 22 600 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km ESE of Curico, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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