A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Illapel in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:05:57 / 11:05 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/09/15 / 2015-09-23 14:05:57 / September 23, 2015 @ 2:05 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location, longitude -71.573° West, latitude -31.4238° South, depth = 35 km. Unique identifier: us20003nbe. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003nbe.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Illapel.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 45 km WNW of Illapel, Chile.
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