A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 84 kilometers (52 miles) from San Antonio in Chile on Friday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:50:51 / 2:50 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/08/19 / 2019-08-02 06:50:51 / August 2, 2019 @ 6:50 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.21 km (11 miles). Id of earthquake: us60004zan. Event ids that are associated: us60004zan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.2529 West, latitude -34.1399 South, depth = 18.21 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cartagena, San Antonio.
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 84 km SW of San Antonio, Chile.
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