A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/11/15 / 2015-11-21 19:37:58 / November 21, 2015 @ 7:37 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:37:58 / 4:37 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004057. Unique identifier: us10004057. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.7297 West, latitude -31.549 South, depth = 30.09 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.09 km (19 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 eighteen, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 54 km W of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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