A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 18:38:05 / 6:38 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -71.954° West, -31.7749° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003k89. Unique identifier: us20003k89. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/09/15 / 2015-09-16 23:38:05 / September 16, 2015 @ 11:38 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 102 km (63 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Close 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 six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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