A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 59.086 km (37 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/09/24 / 2024-09-14 08:02:35 / September 14, 2024 @ 8:02 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:02:35 / 8:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -71.6398 West, latitude -32.3532 South, depth = 59.086 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000ndrp. Event ids that are associated: us7000ndrp.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Illapel, Salamanca, Llaillay.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 39 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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