A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -72.0854 West, latitude -31.3844 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us10003ir3. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003ir3. Global time and date of event 29/09/15 / 2015-09-29 10:01:20 / September 29, 2015 @ 10:01 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:01:20 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourteen, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty 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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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. 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: 91 km WNW of Illapel, Chile.
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