A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 84 kilometers (52 miles) from La Ligua in Chile on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -72.1183 West, latitude -32.3226 South, depth = 14.38 km. The temblor was detected at 21:59:49 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003nwy. Id of event: us20003nwy. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.38 km (9 miles). Global time and date of event 25/09/15 / 2015-09-25 02:59:49 / September 25, 2015 @ 2:59 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, La Ligua (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 84 km W of La Ligua, Chile.
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