A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from San Antonio in Chile on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.1 km (26 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.682 West, latitude -33.98 South, depth = 41.1 km. The temblor was reported at 19:23:46 / 7:23 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/11/16 / 2016-11-22 23:23:46 / November 22, 2016 @ 11:23 pm. Id of earthquake: us10007bm4. Event ids that are associated: us10007bm4.
Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Rancagua (c. 212 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Peñaflor (c. 65 500 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Melipilla (c. 63 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Buin (c. 55 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Talagante (c. 51 800 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Buin, Rengo, Paine (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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: 43 km S of San Antonio, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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