A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.37 km (20 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/09/15 / 2015-09-28 04:16:09 / September 28, 2015 @ 4:16 am. The temblor was detected at 01:16:09 / 1:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003plr. Unique identifier: us20003plr. Exact location of event, longitude -71.556 West, latitude -31.3703 South, depth = 32.37 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and seven 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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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: 47 km NW of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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