A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 151 km SE of Putre, Chile (94 miles). Unique identifier: us10003qb5. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003qb5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:11:04 / 2:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/10/15 / 2015-10-21 18:11:04 / October 21, 2015 @ 6:11 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 188.35 km (117 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.3958° West, -19.0055° South, depth 188.35 km.
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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 151 km SE of Putre, Chile.
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