A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Molina in Chile on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -71.7731° West, latitude -34.9655° South, depth = 49.49 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:05:12 / 2:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/07/15 / 2015-07-28 18:05:12 / July 28, 2015 @ 6:05 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.49 km (31 miles). Unique identifier: us200030xt. Ids that are associated to the event: us200030xt.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Linares, San Vicente, Chimbarongo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from Talca (c. 197 500 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Linares (c. 69 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Molina (c. 28 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from San Vicente (c. 22 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
How would you describe the shaking?
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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 47 km WNW of Molina, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply