A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, West Chile Rise (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/07/16 / 2016-07-24 08:45:23 / July 24, 2016 @ 8:45 am. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:45:23 / 2:45 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20006h7t. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006h7t. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -96.3282° West, -36.7486° South.
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 seven 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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