A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us20003lhg. Event ids that are associated: us20003lhg. The temblor was picked up at 14:25:35 / 2:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -72.1873° West, -31.7068° South, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 19:25:35 / September 18, 2015 @ 7:25 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 97 km (60 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Illapel (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days seventy-five, in the past 30 days seventy-five and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 97 km W of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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