A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The temblor was reported at 08:41:55 / 8:41 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51.48 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -71.4477° West, -31.6554° South, depth 51.48 km. Event id: us20005z6j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005z6j. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/05/16 / 2016-05-30 12:41:55 / May 30, 2016 @ 12:41 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel. The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 26 km W of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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