A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Antofagasta in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, -69.618° West, -23.293° South, depth 64.4 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000625l. Event ids that are associated: us2000625l. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.4 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:53:05 / 7:53 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/06/16 / 2016-06-04 11:53:05 / June 4, 2016 @ 11:53 am.
Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Antofagasta (c. 309 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Antofagasta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 89 km ENE of Antofagasta, Chile.
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