A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.92 km (25 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 18:52:53 / September 19, 2015 @ 6:52 pm. Id of earthquake: us20003ly4. Event ids that are associated: us20003ly4. Exact location of event, longitude -71.7399 West, latitude -31.1952 South, depth = 39.92 km. The temblor was detected at 15:52:53 / 3:52 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-seven 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 72 km NW of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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