A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Constitucion in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.26 West, latitude -35.45 South, depth = 22 km. Global time and date of event 20/06/16 / 2016-06-20 21:25:31 / June 20, 2016 @ 9:25 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:25:31 / 4:25 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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: us200065l7. Id of event: us200065l7.
Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Constitución (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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