A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. The temblor was reported at 22:17:12 / 10:17 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -72.0419 West, latitude -32.2569 South, depth = 12.56 km. Global time and date of event 21/09/15 / 2015-09-21 03:17:12 / September 21, 2015 @ 3:17 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.56 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us20003mb8. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003mb8.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Ligua (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days seventy-nine, in the past 30 days seventy-nine and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 79 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile.
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