A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44.16 km (27 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003pb1. Id of event: us20003pb1. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/09/15 / 2015-09-26 09:37:53 / September 26, 2015 @ 9:37 am. The temblor was detected at 06:37:53 / 6:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 44.16 km, -71.4788° West, -31.4088° South.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (58 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle, Monte Patria, Salamanca (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. 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: 38 km NW of Illapel, Chile.
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