A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. Event id: us1000bmq3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bmq3. The epicenter was at a depth of 24.36 km (15 miles). Exact location, longitude -71.9429° West, latitude -32.1257° South, depth = 24.36 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:29:02 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/12/17 / 2017-12-06 12:29:02 / December 6, 2017 @ 12:29 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Illapel, La Ligua. Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 76 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile.
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