A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes Antofagasta, Chile kilometers (0 miles) from Antofagasta, Chile on Sunday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:46:25 / 9:46 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.56 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us100062gh. Unique identifier: us100062gh. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.4847 West, latitude -23.8093 South, depth = 35.56 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/07/16 / 2016-07-10 21:46:25 / July 10, 2016 @ 9:46 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Antofagasta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 20 km (12 miles) from Antofagasta (c. 309 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: Antofagasta, Chile.
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