A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Friday. The temblor was reported at 01:43:25 / 1:43 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 04:43:25 / September 18, 2015 @ 4:43 am. Exact location, longitude -71.5611° West, latitude -31.754° South, depth = 16.26 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.26 km (10 miles). Event id: us10003jhi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003jhi.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel. Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 39 km WSW of Illapel, Chile.
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