A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Putre in Chile on Thursday. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:08:32 / 8:08 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/03/16 / 2016-03-10 23:08:32 / March 10, 2016 @ 11:08 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 97.51 km, -69.6966° West, -18.8174° South. Id of earthquake: us10004xtg. Event ids that are associated: us10004xtg. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97.51 km (61 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arica.
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 two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 70 km SSW of Putre, Chile.
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