A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.447 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -71.8713° West, latitude -32.0966° South, depth = 32.447 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n083. Id of event: us7000n083. The temblor was detected at 09:55:40 / 9:55 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/07/24 / 2024-07-19 09:55:40 / July 19, 2024 @ 9:55 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Illapel, La Ligua. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 72 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile.
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