A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Illapel in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, -71.8543° West, -31.2202° South, depth 20.23 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.23 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/15 / 2015-09-27 22:39:57 / September 27, 2015 @ 10:39 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003pk8. Unique identifier: us20003pk8. The temblor was detected at 19:39:57 / 7:39 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle, Illapel. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 79 km NW of Illapel, Chile.
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