A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Sunday. Unique identifier: us20003pjl. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003pjl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:04:46 / 6:04 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 30.18 km (19 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/15 / 2015-09-27 21:04:46 / September 27, 2015 @ 9:04 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -71.6072 West, latitude -31.6748 South, depth = 30.18 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-seven 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km W of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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