A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Illapel in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.31 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:55:08 / 2:55 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us200040nr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200040nr. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/10/15 / 2015-10-30 07:55:08 / October 30, 2015 @ 7:55 am. Exact location of earthquake, -72.0567° West, -31.8309° South, depth 2.31 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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