A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from La Ligua in Chile on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 11:00:31 / 11:00 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 15 km, -72.1389° West, -32.3437° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 16:00:31 / September 18, 2015 @ 4:00 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003lg5. Id of event: us20003lg5.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, La Ligua. The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days fifty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km W of La Ligua, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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