A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 97 km SE of Putre, Chile (60 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 158.76 km (99 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -68.9879° West, latitude -18.894° South, depth = 158.76 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:26:17 / 9:26 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/02/19 / 2019-02-03 01:26:17 / February 3, 2019 @ 1:26 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jcl0. Id of event: us2000jcl0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 97 km SE of Putre, Chile.
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