A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.06 km (7 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:30:57 / 11:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -71.9774° West, -32.1483° South, depth 11.06 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007eix. Unique identifier: us10007eix. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/12/16 / 2016-12-03 04:30:57 / December 3, 2016 @ 4:30 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Ligua (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 77 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile.
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