A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 13:51:15 / September 18, 2015 @ 1:51 pm. 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 10 km (6 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:51:15 / 8:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -71.879° West, latitude -31.419° South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003l83. Id of event: us20003l83.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 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 thirty, in the last 10 days seventy-four, in the past 30 days seventy-four and in the last 365 days eighty-eight 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: 71 km WNW of Illapel, Chile.
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