A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 154 km WNW of Constitucion, Chile (96 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.968 West, latitude -34.7659 South, depth = 15.11 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:53:08 / 5:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000g1pk. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000g1pk. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.11 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/07/18 / 2018-07-10 22:53:08 / July 10, 2018 @ 10:53 pm.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 154 km WNW of Constitucion, Chile.
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