A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/01/19 / 2019-01-26 21:36:45 / January 26, 2019 @ 9:36 pm. The temblor was picked up at 17:36:45 / 5:36 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000j9ag. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j9ag. Exact location of event, longitude -71.6587 West, latitude -31.558 South, depth = 43.25 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 43.25 km (27 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel. The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 47 km W of Illapel, Chile.
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