A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 94 km WSW of Constitucion, Chile (58 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/07/17 / 2017-07-05 15:32:16 / July 5, 2017 @ 3:32 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:32:16 / 10:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 8.94 km, -73.4315° West, -35.5272° South. Unique identifier: us100096ym. Ids that are associated to the event: us100096ym. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.94 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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