A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Lebu in Chile. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:55:27 / 2:55 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/04/24 / 2024-04-17 14:55:27 / April 17, 2024 @ 2:55 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mcps. Unique identifier: us7000mcps. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.179 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 29.179 km, -73.9926° West, -37.4149° South.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coronel, Lota, Cañete. Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Coronel (c. 92 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Lota (c. 49 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Curanilahue (c. 30 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arauco (c. 24 700 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Lebu (c. 22 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Cañete (c. 20 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km NW of Lebu, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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