A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 37.4 km, -71.6055° West, -31.152° South. Unique identifier: us20003kcn. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003kcn. The temblor was reported at 22:41:09 / 10:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.4 km (23 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 01:41:09 / September 17, 2015 @ 1:41 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 67 km NW of Illapel, Chile.
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