A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.378 km (13 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000myif. Unique identifier: us7000myif. The temblor was picked up at 05:59:33 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/07/24 / 2024-07-11 05:59:33 / July 11, 2024 @ 5:59 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -71.9112 West, latitude -32.2823 South, depth = 21.378 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Quillota, Viña del Mar, Valparaíso. Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 66 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile.
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