A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from San Antonio in Chile on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.52 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003fk2. Unique identifier: us20003fk2. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/09/15 / 2015-09-02 00:22:37 / September 2, 2015 @ 12:22 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:22:37 / 7:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -72.3505° West, latitude -33.6817° South, depth = 34.52 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cartagena, San Antonio (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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.
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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: 68 km W of San Antonio, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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