A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/09/15 / 2015-09-22 14:45:51 / September 22, 2015 @ 2:45 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003mw6. Unique identifier: us20003mw6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -71.9833° West, latitude -31.2105° South, depth = 18.21 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.21 km (11 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:45:51 / 9:45 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 90 km WNW of Illapel, Chile.
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