A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Sunday. Unique identifier: us1000f03u. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000f03u. Exact location of event, depth 66.91 km, -71.8698° West, -31.8813° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:42:36 / 1:42 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/06/18 / 2018-06-24 06:42:36 / June 24, 2018 @ 6:42 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.91 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 72 km WSW of Illapel, Chile.
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