A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The temblor was detected at 21:49:40 / 9:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -71.8577° West, latitude -31.5207° South, depth = 19.77 km. 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 02:49:40 / September 19, 2015 @ 2:49 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.77 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us20003lpf. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003lpf.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days eighty-nine, in the past 30 days eighty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km W of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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