A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Tuesday. Event id: us10005hwd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005hwd. Exact location, longitude -71.8318° West, latitude -31.2962° South, depth = 19.47 km. Global time and date of event 17/05/16 / 2016-05-17 07:11:30 / May 17, 2016 @ 7:11 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.47 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:11:30 / 3:11 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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