A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported West Chile Rise (0 miles) on Monday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:07:21 / 1:07 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/08/17 / 2017-08-28 19:07:21 / August 28, 2017 @ 7:07 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000adj7. Unique identifier: us2000adj7. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -85.6598° West, -40.6708° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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