A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 104 km W of Illapel, Chile (65 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 06/08/16 / 2016-08-06 10:05:22 / August 6, 2016 @ 10:05 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -72.2577 West, latitude -31.768 South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006btx. Unique identifier: us10006btx. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:05:22 / 5:05 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 104 km W of Illapel, Chile.
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