A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Lebu in Chile on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -74.3767 West, latitude -37.4872 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/05/24 / 2024-05-07 23:32:55 / May 7, 2024 @ 11:32 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000mx3s. Event ids that are associated: us6000mx3s. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:32:55 / 11:32 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 91 km (57 miles) from Curanilahue (c. 30 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Lebu (c. 22 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Cañete (c. 20 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cañete, Curanilahue, Lebu (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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. 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: 65 km WNW of Lebu, Chile.
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