A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003nnx. Id of event: us20003nnx. Global time and date of event 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 18:52:09 / September 18, 2015 @ 6:52 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -72.0648° West, latitude -31.8779° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:52:09 / 1:52 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km WSW of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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