A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -72.0988 West, latitude -31.3261 South, depth = 15.58 km. The temblor was detected at 13:15:29 / 1:15 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.58 km (10 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 18:15:29 / September 18, 2015 @ 6:15 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20003lg7. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003lg7.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Illapel. Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days eighty-two, in the past 30 days eighty-two and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 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: 94 km WNW of Illapel, Chile.
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