A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, Off the coast of Aisen, Chile (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us60003rka. Event ids that are associated: us60003rka. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -80.5131 West, latitude -44.6693 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 01:16:17 / 1:16 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/05/19 / 2019-05-24 06:16:17 / May 24, 2019 @ 6:16 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Off the coast of Aisen, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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