A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Los Andes in Chile. Id of earthquake: us600040l2. Event ids that are associated: us600040l2. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/06/19 / 2019-06-14 04:14:36 / June 14, 2019 @ 4:14 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.7478 West, latitude -32.9965 South, depth = 84.38 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:14:36 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 84.38 km (52 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paine, Melipilla, Valparaíso. Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 22 km SW of Los Andes, Chile.
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