A earthquake with magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The temblor was reported at 17:59:17 / 5:59 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 47.84 km (30 miles). Exact location of event, depth 47.84 km, -71.9145° West, -31.5413° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/09/15 / 2015-09-16 22:59:17 / September 16, 2015 @ 10:59 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003k8b. Id of event: us20003k8b. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ovalle, La Ligua, Salamanca (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 125 km (78 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 120 km (75 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
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-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 71 km W of Illapel, Chile.
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