A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Constitucion in Chile on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -73.0967° West, latitude -35.5328° South, depth = 20.15 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:12:35 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70005njk. Unique identifier: us70005njk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/09/19 / 2019-09-29 17:12:35 / September 29, 2019 @ 5:12 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.15 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cauquenes, Constitución. Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Cauquenes (c. 31 400 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 65 km WSW of Constitucion, Chile.
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