A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 02:55:56 / 2:55 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20003kix. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003kix. Exact location, longitude -72.1641° West, latitude -31.7753° South, depth = 18.63 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 07:55:56 / September 17, 2015 @ 7:55 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.63 km (12 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 96 km W of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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