A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 163 km WSW of Lebu, Chile (101 miles). Unique identifier: us10006t6l. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006t6l. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.68 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 08:04:06 / 8:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -75.3071 West, latitude -38.2766 South, depth = 18.68 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/09/16 / 2016-09-27 13:04:06 / September 27, 2016 @ 1:04 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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