A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Illapel in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/07/16 / 2016-07-23 14:18:20 / July 23, 2016 @ 2:18 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.9 West, latitude -31.1838 South, depth = 35 km. Id of earthquake: us20006h3j. Event ids that are associated: us20006h3j. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:18:20 / 9:18 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle, Illapel (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 85 km NW of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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