A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. Exact location of event, depth 80.55 km, -70.865° West, -32.4163° South. 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 80.55 km (50 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/06/24 / 2024-06-08 02:22:15 / June 8, 2024 @ 2:22 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mr4c. Unique identifier: us7000mr4c. The temblor was detected at 02:22:15 / 2:22 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from San Felipe (c. 59 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Los Andes (c. 56 900 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lampa, Viña del Mar, Illapel.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km E of La Ligua, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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