A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The epicenter was at a depth of 30.15 km (19 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 00:39:04 / September 18, 2015 @ 12:39 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:39:04 / 9:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -71.6357 West, latitude -31.607 South, depth = 30.15 km. Event id: us20003l1a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003l1a. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-nine, in the last 10 days fifty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 44 km W of Illapel, Chile.
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