A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Constitucion in Chile on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005nk0. Id of event: us70005nk0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.27 km (13 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:45:58 / 1:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.1968 West, latitude -35.4978 South, depth = 20.27 km. Global time and date of event 29/09/19 / 2019-09-29 18:45:58 / September 29, 2019 @ 6:45 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cauquenes, Constitución. Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (46 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Cauquenes (c. 31 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 73 km WSW of Constitucion, Chile.
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