A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 105 km W of Illapel, Chile (65 miles). The temblor was picked up at 00:27:39 / 12:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -72.2695° West, -31.7144° South, depth 11.5 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.5 km (7 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 05:27:39 / September 18, 2015 @ 5:27 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003l3r. Id of event: us20003l3r.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days fifty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel anything?
Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 105 km W of Illapel, Chile.
Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply