A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.7026 West, latitude -31.474 South, depth = 31.36 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:15:40 / 12:15 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20003l2u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003l2u. Global time and date of event 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 03:15:40 / September 18, 2015 @ 3:15 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31.36 km (19 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (33 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Illapel.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-six, in the last 10 days sixty-five, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 53 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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