A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Diego de Almagro in Chile on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us200062l1. Unique identifier: us200062l1. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:01:46 / 3:01 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 90 km (56 miles). Exact location of event, depth 90 km, -69.48° West, -25.89° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/06/16 / 2016-06-07 19:01:46 / June 7, 2016 @ 7:01 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Diego de Almagro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Diego de Almagro (c. 18 100 pop).
Every 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 77 km NE of Diego de Almagro, Chile.
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