A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Curico in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/07/17 / 2017-07-08 20:49:52 / July 8, 2017 @ 8:49 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 16:49:52 / 4:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -70.6694° West, -35.1862° South, depth 6.28 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.28 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000988x. Unique identifier: us1000988x.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rengo, Santa Cruz, San Clemente (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Rengo (c. 38 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Molina (c. 28 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Chimbarongo (c. 17 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Clemente (c. 13 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 56 km ESE of Curico, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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