A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/12/15 / 2015-12-27 23:47:10 / December 27, 2015 @ 11:47 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.28 km (23 miles). Id of earthquake: us10004a0b. Event ids that are associated: us10004a0b. The temblor was detected at 20:47:10 / 8:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -71.7664° West, -31.7572° South, depth 37.28 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel. The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 58 km WSW of Illapel, Chile.
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