A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 112 km SSE of Putre, Chile (70 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004ug4. Unique identifier: us10004ug4. Exact location of event, longitude -69.1349 West, latitude -19.1305 South, depth = 106.65 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 03/03/16 / 2016-03-03 18:51:00 / March 3, 2016 @ 6:51 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 15:51:00 / 3:51 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106.65 km (66 miles).
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 thirty 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 112 km SSE of Putre, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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