A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Los Andes in Chile. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/11/15 / 2015-11-21 00:12:34 / November 21, 2015 @ 12:12 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:12:34 / 9:12 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us100040al. Event ids that are associated: us100040al. Exact location of event, longitude -70.1982 West, latitude -32.9746 South, depth = 111.4 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 111.4 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Peñaflor (c. 65 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Peñaflor, San Bernardo, Puente Alto (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifteen 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 40 km ESE of Los Andes, Chile.
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