A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003l27. Id of event: us20003l27. Exact location, longitude -71.8394° West, latitude -31.4334° South, depth = 21.06 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.06 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 01:50:22 / September 18, 2015 @ 1:50 am. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:50:22 / 10:50 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-seven, in the last 10 days sixty-three, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 67 km WNW of Illapel, Chile.
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