A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.72 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -71.6112 West, latitude -32.0302 South, depth = 36.72 km. The temblor was reported at 02:53:11 / 2:53 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/06/16 / 2016-06-06 06:53:11 / June 6, 2016 @ 6:53 am. Unique identifier: us200062ax. Ids that are associated to the event: us200062ax. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hacienda La Calera, Salamanca, Illapel. Close 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 three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 58 km NW of La Ligua, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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