A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Illapel in Chile. Exact location, longitude -71.9684° West, latitude -31.6967° South, depth = 24.16 km. 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 24.16 km (15 miles). Global time and date of event 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 01:21:50 / September 17, 2015 @ 1:21 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 20:21:50 / 8:21 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20003kc6. Event ids that are associated: us20003kc6.
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 95 km (59 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, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 76 km W of Illapel, Chile.
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