A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Illapel in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/06/16 / 2016-06-04 22:19:05 / June 4, 2016 @ 10:19 pm. Exact location of event, depth 45.18 km, -71.5236° West, -31.5964° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000623c. Unique identifier: us2000623c. The temblor was picked up at 18:19:05 / 6:19 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.18 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearby 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 Salamanca, Illapel.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 34 km W of Illapel, Chile.
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