A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 86 kilometers (53 miles) from San Antonio in Chile on Thursday. Unique identifier: us60004yze. Ids that are associated to the event: us60004yze. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/08/19 / 2019-08-02 00:09:13 / August 2, 2019 @ 12:09 am UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:09:13 / 7:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -72.292 West, latitude -34.1429 South, depth = 11.63 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.63 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cartagena, San Antonio (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 86 km SW of San Antonio, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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