A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from La Ligua in Chile on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/09/15 / 2015-09-22 23:25:44 / September 22, 2015 @ 11:25 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003n56. Unique identifier: us20003n56. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.7 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -71.877° West, -32.291° South, depth 15.7 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:25:44 / 6:25 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quillota, Viña del Mar, Valparaíso.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 63 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile.
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