A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Illapel in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -71.4782° West, -31.5296° South, depth 39.25 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/10/15 / 2015-10-09 06:52:34 / October 9, 2015 @ 6:52 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003meb. Unique identifier: us10003meb. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:52:34 / 3:52 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39.25 km (24 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 31 km (20 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days seventy, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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