A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.57 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003ltl. Unique identifier: us20003ltl. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 09:42:00 / September 19, 2015 @ 9:42 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 04:42:00 / 4:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -72.0862° West, latitude -31.379° South, depth = 16.57 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days ninety-seven, in the past 30 days ninety-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 91 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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