A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 160 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile (99 miles). Exact location of event, depth 9.77 km, -73.2715° West, -34.0427° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/05/16 / 2016-05-22 11:14:34 / May 22, 2016 @ 11:14 am. The temblor was detected at 06:14:34 / 6:14 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10005j7t. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005j7t. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.77 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 160 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile.
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