A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Illapel in Chile. Id of earthquake: us20003mj2. Event ids that are associated: us20003mj2. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:08:03 / 2:08 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.29 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -71.881 West, latitude -31.589 South, depth = 32.29 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/09/15 / 2015-09-21 19:08:03 / September 21, 2015 @ 7:08 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 68 km W of Illapel, Chile.
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