A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Thursday. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:28:00 / 4:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 07:28:00 / September 17, 2015 @ 7:28 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us20003kir. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003kir. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.6091 West, latitude -31.5139 South, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 44 km WNW of Illapel, Chile.
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