A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Constitucion in Chile on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/09/19 / 2019-09-29 17:48:11 / September 29, 2019 @ 5:48 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005njs. Id of event: us70005njs. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 22.33 km (14 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:48:11 / 12:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 22.33 km, -73.2972° West, -35.4316° South.
The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Constitución (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 80 km W of Constitucion, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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