A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 123 km W of Illapel, Chile (76 miles) on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/15 / 2015-09-23 01:52:10 / September 23, 2015 @ 1:52 am. Exact location, longitude -72.4685° West, latitude -31.5897° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:52:10 / 8:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us20003n6t. Event ids that are associated: us20003n6t. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, 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 sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 123 km W of Illapel, Chile.
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