A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20003kgi. Event ids that are associated: us20003kgi. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.86 km (11 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:26:39 / 11:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 04:26:39 / September 17, 2015 @ 4:26 am. Exact location of earthquake, -71.9873° West, -31.4391° South, depth 17.86 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel. The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 80 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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