A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 19:09:03 / September 19, 2015 @ 7:09 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003lya. Unique identifier: us20003lya. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.03 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 19.03 km, -71.9665° West, -32.2972° South. The temblor was detected at 14:09:03 / 2:09 pm (local time epicenter).
Close 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 Quillota, Viña del Mar, Hacienda La Calera. Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days sixty-six, in the past 30 days sixty-six and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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: 71 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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