A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from San Antonio in Chile. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:59:32 / 4:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.15 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/06/18 / 2018-06-03 09:59:32 / June 3, 2018 @ 9:59 am. Exact location of event, depth 20.15 km, -72.2919° West, -34.191° South. Id of earthquake: us1000eht8. Event ids that are associated: us1000eht8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Antonio. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop).
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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 90 km SW of San Antonio, Chile.
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