A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Thursday. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:04:46 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.68 km (8 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 05:04:46 / September 17, 2015 @ 5:04 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us20003khg. Event ids that are associated: us20003khg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -71.8334° West, latitude -31.5743° South, depth = 12.68 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Illapel. Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days fourty 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 63 km W of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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