A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/07/16 / 2016-07-04 00:13:02 / July 4, 2016 @ 12:13 am. Id of earthquake: us10005zpe. Event ids that are associated: us10005zpe. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 20:13:02 / 8:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.67 West, latitude -31.43 South, depth = 25 km.
The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). 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).
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 one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 52 km WNW of Illapel, Chile.
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