A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Diego de Almagro in Chile. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/07/16 / 2016-07-16 07:40:32 / July 16, 2016 @ 7:40 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006f5t. Id of event: us20006f5t. The temblor was reported at 03:40:32 / 3:40 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.24 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -70.8474° West, -26.6355° South, depth 35.24 km.
Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Diego de Almagro (c. 18 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Diego de Almagro (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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