A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Cañete in Chile on Monday. Exact location, longitude -74.0582° West, latitude -38.1581° South, depth = 22.504 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nej6. Unique identifier: us6000nej6. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/07/24 / 2024-07-22 17:36:44 / July 22, 2024 @ 5:36 pm. The temblor was detected at 17:36:44 / 5:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.504 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby 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 Lebu, Cañete. Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Lebu (c. 22 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Cañete (c. 20 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km SW of Cañete, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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