A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from San Antonio in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 17.66 km, -72.2224° West, -34.1923° South. Global time and date of event 03/06/18 / 2018-06-03 04:58:52 / June 3, 2018 @ 4:58 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 00:58:52 / 12:58 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.66 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ehp6. Unique identifier: us1000ehp6.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz, Cartagena, San Antonio (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 86 km SW of San Antonio, Chile.
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