A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from La Ligua in Chile on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003m3j. Unique identifier: us20003m3j. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:22:03 / 11:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/09/15 / 2015-09-20 04:22:03 / September 20, 2015 @ 4:22 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.55 km (13 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -71.945° West, -32.1201° South, depth 21.55 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel, La Ligua (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days seventy-six, in the past 30 days seventy-six and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 76 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile.
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