A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us20003lr3. Event ids that are associated: us20003lr3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 05:55:26 / September 19, 2015 @ 5:55 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38.42 km (24 miles). Exact location of event, depth 38.42 km, -71.5881° West, -31.7974° South. The temblor was reported at 02:55:26 / 2:55 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days eighty-five, in the past 30 days eighty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km WSW of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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