A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Lebu in Chile. 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: 19/06/17 / 2017-06-19 20:10:01 / June 19, 2017 @ 8:10 pm. The temblor was reported at 15:10:01 / 3:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 23.1 km, -74.014° West, -38.117° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.1 km (14 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009nm8. Id of event: us20009nm8.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Curanilahue, Lebu, Cañete. Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Curanilahue (c. 30 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Lebu (c. 22 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Cañete (c. 20 200 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 twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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: 64 km SSW of Lebu, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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