A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Monday. Unique identifier: us20003pnd. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003pnd. The temblor was detected at 10:01:52 / 10:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 28/09/15 / 2015-09-28 13:01:52 / September 28, 2015 @ 1:01 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.13 km (17 miles). Exact location, longitude -71.5508° West, latitude -31.1842° South, depth = 27.13 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and two 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.
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