A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from San Clemente in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97.45 km (61 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:27:46 / 8:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -71.3456 West, latitude -35.5257 South, depth = 97.45 km. Event id: us10005g7e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005g7e. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/05/16 / 2016-05-10 00:27:46 / May 10, 2016 @ 12:27 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from Talca (c. 197 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Linares (c. 69 500 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Molina (c. 28 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Parral (c. 26 900 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from San Javier (c. 22 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Chimbarongo (c. 17 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chimbarongo, Parral, Teno (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km ENE of San Clemente, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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