A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Illapel in Chile. Exact location of event, depth 17.14 km, -71.9753° West, -31.2077° South. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:12:46 / 11:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 04:12:46 / September 19, 2015 @ 4:12 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.14 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003lpr. Id of event: us20003lpr.
Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel. Close 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days ninety-five, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 90 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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