A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Putre in Chile. Global time and date of event 24/05/16 / 2016-05-24 00:29:35 / May 24, 2016 @ 12:29 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.3816 West, latitude -18.6164 South, depth = 120.74 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005jgx. Id of event: us10005jgx. The temblor was reported at 20:29:35 / 8:29 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 120.74 km (75 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arica (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop).
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 twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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: 50 km SSE of Putre, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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