A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Villa Alemana in Chile on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us20003mvw. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003mvw. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/09/15 / 2015-09-22 13:40:27 / September 22, 2015 @ 1:40 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:40:27 / 10:40 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -71.2516° West, -33.2837° South, depth 10.03 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.03 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Ligua, Los Andes, San Felipe (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 29 km SSE of Villa Alemana, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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