A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, Off the coast of Aisen, Chile (0 miles). Global time and date of event 19/02/16 / 2016-02-19 21:50:50 / February 19, 2016 @ 9:50 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004r6c. Unique identifier: us10004r6c. The temblor was reported at 16:50:50 / 4:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.88 km (9 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -77.6131° West, -45.7203° South, depth 13.88 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: Off the coast of Aisen, Chile.
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