A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from San Clemente in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20005c2v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005c2v. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/03/16 / 2016-03-23 18:59:37 / March 23, 2016 @ 6:59 pm. The temblor was reported at 15:59:37 / 3:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.416 West, latitude -35.626 South, depth = 97.1 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97.1 km (60 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cauquenes, Teno, Rauco (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 31 km (19 miles) from Talca (c. 197 500 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Linares (c. 69 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Cauquenes (c. 31 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Molina (c. 28 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Parral (c. 26 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km SE of San Clemente, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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