A earthquake magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20003k7m. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003k7m. The temblor was reported at 20:03:56 / 8:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -71.5658° West, latitude -31.8414° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/09/15 / 2015-09-16 23:03:56 / September 16, 2015 @ 11:03 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 120 km (74 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quillota, Hacienda La Calera, La Ligua (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. 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-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km WSW of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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