A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.3 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003zek. Id of event: us10003zek. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:57:10 / 10:57 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/11/15 / 2015-11-16 01:57:10 / November 16, 2015 @ 1:57 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -71.419° West, -31.598° South, depth 27.3 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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