A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from San Javier in Chile. The temblor was reported at 09:19:37 / 9:19 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us100061ag. Event ids that are associated: us100061ag. 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: 06/07/16 / 2016-07-06 13:19:37 / July 6, 2016 @ 1:19 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.891 West, latitude -35.613 South, depth = 14.24 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.24 km (9 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (18 miles) from Talca (c. 197 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Linares (c. 69 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Carlos (c. 31 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Cauquenes (c. 31 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rauco, Curicó, San Carlos.
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 two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km W of San Javier, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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