A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from La Ligua in Chile on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 07:23:19 / 7:23 am (local time epicenter). 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 26.333 km (16 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.8836 West, latitude -32.0206 South, depth = 26.333 km. Unique identifier: us6000nptb. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nptb. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/09/24 / 2024-09-05 07:23:19 / September 5, 2024 @ 7:23 am.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel, La Ligua (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 77 km NW of La Ligua, Chile.
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