A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Illapel in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:44:26 / 4:44 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20003n3s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003n3s. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.55 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 15.55 km, -72.0497° West, -31.4327° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/09/15 / 2015-09-22 21:44:26 / September 22, 2015 @ 9:44 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Illapel. Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 86 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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