A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, Southern East Pacific Rise (0 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -105.257° West, -41.9824° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 16:15:44 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000656j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000656j. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/06/16 / 2016-06-17 23:15:44 / June 17, 2016 @ 11:15 pm.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Southern East Pacific Rise. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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