A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.64 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003vm5. Unique identifier: us10003vm5. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:23:54 / 5:23 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/11/15 / 2015-11-07 22:23:54 / November 7, 2015 @ 10:23 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -72.1678° West, -31.405° South, depth 17.64 km.
The epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel. 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 98 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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