A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 64 kilometers (40 miles) from La Ligua in Chile on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.46 km (15 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.8193 West, latitude -32.1581 South, depth = 23.46 km. Event id: us1000f1ue. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000f1ue. The temblor was detected at 21:05:19 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/06/18 / 2018-06-26 02:05:19 / June 26, 2018 @ 2:05 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Quillota, Salamanca, Hacienda La Calera. Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-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.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 64 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile.
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