A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:39:35 / 7:39 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/05/16 / 2016-05-23 12:39:35 / May 23, 2016 @ 12:39 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005jb1. Id of event: us10005jb1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -71.9° West, -32.0722° South, depth 10.54 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.54 km (7 miles).
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel, La Ligua (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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