A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100068f0. Id of event: us100068f0. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/07/16 / 2016-07-29 16:52:15 / July 29, 2016 @ 4:52 pm. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -71.5276° West, -31.5628° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:52:15 / 12:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 103 km (64 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days five hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 35 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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