A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 03:32:18 / September 18, 2015 @ 3:32 am. The temblor was picked up at 22:32:18 / 10:32 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20003l2z. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003l2z. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.12 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.0164 West, latitude -31.7546 South, depth = 15.12 km.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-two, in the last 10 days sixty-one, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km W of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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