A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, offshore Coquimbo, Chile kilometers (0 miles) from offshore Coquimbo, Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:35:02 / 2:35 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 14:35:02 / September 17, 2015 @ 2:35 pm. Id of earthquake: us20003klf. Event ids that are associated: us20003klf. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -71.8658° West, -31.3341° South.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop).
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 fourty-five, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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