A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Constitucion in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:39:55 / 11:39 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005nj1. Id of event: us70005nj1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/09/19 / 2019-09-29 16:39:55 / September 29, 2019 @ 4:39 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -73.1653° West, -35.5002° South.
The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Cauquenes (c. 31 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cauquenes, Constitución.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km WSW of Constitucion, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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