A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/15 / 2015-09-23 14:47:28 / September 23, 2015 @ 2:47 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -71.9262° West, -31.4281° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 09:47:28 / 9:47 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003nbs. Unique identifier: us20003nbs.
Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Illapel.
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-nine 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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