A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003mcn. Unique identifier: us20003mcn. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/09/15 / 2015-09-21 05:50:55 / September 21, 2015 @ 5:50 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.2647 West, latitude -32.3537 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:50:55 / 12:50 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Ligua, Valparaíso (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days seventy-two, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
Did you feel the quake?
Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 96 km NW of Valparaiso, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply