A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Talcahuano in Chile. Exact location of event, depth 26.92 km, -73.6351° West, -36.147° South. The temblor was detected at 15:56:07 / 3:56 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26.92 km (17 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20006h4r. Unique identifier: us20006h4r. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/07/16 / 2016-07-23 20:56:07 / July 23, 2016 @ 8:56 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Talcahuano (c. 253 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Concepción (c. 215 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Tomé (c. 46 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Penco (c. 46 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Concepción, Penco, Tomé (min 5000 pop).
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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 78 km NW of Talcahuano, Chile.
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