A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29.47 km (18 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.7842 West, latitude -31.4246 South, depth = 29.47 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:14:54 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20003l2w. Event ids that are associated: us20003l2w. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 03:14:54 / September 18, 2015 @ 3:14 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-six, in the last 10 days sixty-five, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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