A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 221 km W of Cochrane, Chile (137 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -75.4752 West, latitude -47.5312 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 07:22:22 / 7:22 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us70003tn8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003tn8. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/05/19 / 2019-05-31 12:22:22 / May 31, 2019 @ 12:22 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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