A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Constitucion in Chile on Sunday. Event id: us70005niw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005niw. 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.102 West, latitude -35.4324 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 11:21:35 / 11:21 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/09/19 / 2019-09-29 16:21:35 / September 29, 2019 @ 4:21 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cauquenes, Constitución. Epicenter of the event was 64 km (39 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Cauquenes (c. 31 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 63 km W of Constitucion, Chile.
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