A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Illapel in Chile. Id of earthquake: us20003kil. Event ids that are associated: us20003kil. Exact location of earthquake, -71.9193° West, -31.788° South, depth 25.95 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.95 km (16 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 07:18:57 / September 17, 2015 @ 7:18 am UTC/GMT. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:18:57 / 2:18 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
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 fifty 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 73 km WSW of Illapel, Chile.
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