A earthquake with magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Monday. The temblor was reported at 02:39:33 / 2:39 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/09/15 / 2015-09-21 05:39:33 / September 21, 2015 @ 5:39 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -71.7118° West, latitude -31.5855° South, depth = 22.8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.8 km (14 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003mcj. Id of event: us20003mcj.
Earthquake epicenter was 120 km (74 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 122 km (76 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Ovalle, La Ligua (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and nineteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 52 km W of Illapel, Chile.
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Steve
I was in bed on the phone to a friend at 02.39 am in my appartment on the 20th floor Of my central Santiago residence ! I was tossed out of bed as I was near the edge ! Felt it for about 5 seconds !