A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Constitucion in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10003yiu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003yiu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.5446 West, latitude -34.6811 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/11/15 / 2015-11-15 19:06:27 / November 15, 2015 @ 7:06 pm. The temblor was detected at 14:06:27 / 2:06 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Constitución. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km N of Constitucion, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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