A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Villa Presidente Frei in Nunoa in Santiago in Chile in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, -70.3419° West, -33.4103° South, depth 101.18 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 101.18 km (63 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:35:15 / 9:35 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002vqy. Unique identifier: us20002vqy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/07/15 / 2015-07-07 13:35:15 / July 7, 2015 @ 1:35 pm.
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Rancagua (c. 212 700 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Peñaflor (c. 65 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Limache, Rancagua, Machalí (min 5000 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 22 km ENE of Villa Presidente Frei, Nunoa, Santiago, Chile, Chile.
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