A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20002z3d. Event ids that are associated: us20002z3d. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.3 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:04:19 / 8:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.703 West, latitude -32.221 South, depth = 32.3 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/07/15 / 2015-07-22 00:04:19 / July 22, 2015 @ 12:04 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Salamanca (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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