A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from La Ligua in Chile on Thursday. 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: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 00:10:06 / September 18, 2015 @ 12:10 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:10:06 / 7:10 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003l11. Unique identifier: us20003l11. Exact location, longitude -71.8651° West, latitude -32.0015° South, depth = 6 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, La Ligua, Illapel. Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 77 km NW of La Ligua, Chile.
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