A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Illapel in Chile. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/12/15 / 2015-12-01 07:26:14 / December 1, 2015 @ 7:26 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100042dx. Id of event: us100042dx. Exact location of event, longitude -71.474 West, latitude -31.591 South, depth = 43.41 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.41 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 04:26:14 / 4:26 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 29 km W of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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