A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.23 km (4 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:14:58 / 9:14 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/11/16 / 2016-11-25 14:14:58 / November 25, 2016 @ 2:14 pm. Exact location, longitude -71.86° West, latitude -31.8605° South, depth = 6.23 km. Id of earthquake: us10007ca1. Event ids that are associated: us10007ca1.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel. Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 70 km WSW of Illapel, Chile.
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