A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Constitucion in Chile. Event id: us70005ntl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005ntl. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/09/19 / 2019-09-30 10:35:16 / September 30, 2019 @ 10:35 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 22.21 km (14 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -73.0992 West, latitude -35.5261 South, depth = 22.21 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:35:16 / 5:35 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cauquenes, Constitución (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Cauquenes (c. 31 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 65 km WSW of Constitucion, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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