A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -71.4519 West, latitude -31.1579 South, depth = 35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000fqpe. Unique identifier: us2000fqpe. The temblor was picked up at 17:59:03 / 5:59 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/06/18 / 2018-06-28 21:59:03 / June 28, 2018 @ 9:59 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 59 km NNW of Illapel, Chile.
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