A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003kat. Id of event: us20003kat. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:18:23 / 7:18 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 at a depth of 20 km (12 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 00:18:23 / September 17, 2015 @ 12:18 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.892 West, latitude -31.701 South, depth = 20 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-nine, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 69 km W of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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