A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Lebu in Chile on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/06/19 / 2019-06-12 07:36:17 / June 12, 2019 @ 7:36 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:36:17 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003yf1. Unique identifier: us70003yf1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 27.27 km (17 miles). Exact location, longitude -74.3681° West, latitude -37.2352° South, depth = 27.27 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arauco, Lebu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Arauco (c. 24 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Lebu (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 76 km WNW of Lebu, Chile.
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