A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Pucón in Chile on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 124.727 km (78 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:00:46 / 6:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.808 West, latitude -38.9725 South, depth = 124.727 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/06/24 / 2024-06-05 06:00:46 / June 5, 2024 @ 6:00 am. Unique identifier: us7000mqf3. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mqf3.
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Victoria, Panguipulli, Loncoche (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Temuco (c. 238 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Villarrica (c. 31 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Pucón (c. 27 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Victoria (c. 24 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Lautaro (c. 21 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Panguipulli (c. 16 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Loncoche (c. 15 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 36 km NNE of Pucón, Chile.
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