A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. Exact location, longitude -71.697° West, latitude -32.162° South, depth = 30.1 km. Id of earthquake: us100076s2. Event ids that are associated: us100076s2. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/11/16 / 2016-11-11 00:11:06 / November 11, 2016 @ 12:11 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30.1 km (19 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:11:06 / 8:11 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quillota, Hacienda La Calera, Salamanca (min 5000 pop). 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 54 km NW of La Ligua, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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