A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Bulnes in Chile on Thursday. Global time and date of event 20/10/16 / 2016-10-20 04:38:17 / October 20, 2016 @ 4:38 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 00:38:17 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -72.5418° West, -36.4566° South, depth 52.7 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.7 km (33 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20007fil. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007fil.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Longaví, La Laja, Lota (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Talcahuano (c. 253 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Concepción (c. 215 400 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Chillán (c. 150 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Coronel (c. 92 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Chiguayante (c. 82 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Lota (c. 49 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 38 km NW of Bulnes, Chile.
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