A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:50:44 / 6:50 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20003ln6. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003ln6. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 23:50:44 / September 18, 2015 @ 11:50 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.51 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 9.51 km, -72.0539° West, -31.5464° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days eighty-seven, in the past 30 days eighty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 84 km W of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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