A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 79 kilometers (49 miles) from La Ligua in Chile on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us2000j1g3. Event ids that are associated: us2000j1g3. The temblor was picked up at 12:59:05 / 12:59 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/01/19 / 2019-01-08 17:59:05 / January 8, 2019 @ 5:59 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.9771 West, latitude -32.1188 South, depth = 23.2 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.2 km (14 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Ligua (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 fourty 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. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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