A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. Event id: us20003lzn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003lzn. Global time and date of event 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 20:41:19 / September 19, 2015 @ 8:41 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -72.1919° West, -32.3473° South, depth 10.19 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:41:19 / 3:41 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.19 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Valparaíso, La Ligua (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days sixty-three, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days seventy-seven 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 91 km W of La Ligua, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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