A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Illapel in Chile. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d53p. Id of event: us2000d53p. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/02/18 / 2018-02-20 02:49:09 / February 20, 2018 @ 2:49 am. The temblor was reported at 21:49:09 / 9:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -71.9685 West, latitude -31.5781 South, depth = 19.49 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.49 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Illapel (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 76 km W of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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