A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 16:08:47 / 4:08 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002yk8. Unique identifier: us20002yk8. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23.24 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -71.8994 West, latitude -31.6921 South, depth = 23.24 km. Global time and date of event 19/07/15 / 2015-07-19 21:08:47 / July 19, 2015 @ 9:08 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Illapel.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km W of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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