A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/09/15 / 2015-09-28 16:59:48 / September 28, 2015 @ 4:59 pm. Id of earthquake: us10003ij7. Event ids that are associated: us10003ij7. The temblor was picked up at 13:59:48 / 1:59 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.5375 West, latitude -31.5824 South, depth = 40.95 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40.95 km (25 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days one hundred and ten, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km W of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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