A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 165 km WNW of Corral, Chile (103 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -75.2918° West, -39.5071° South. Id of earthquake: us100088hi. Event ids that are associated: us100088hi. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/03/17 / 2017-03-12 07:26:14 / March 12, 2017 @ 7:26 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:26:14 / 2:26 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 165 km WNW of Corral, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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