A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Illapel in Chile. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/02/19 / 2019-02-22 05:12:01 / February 22, 2019 @ 5:12 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 90.46 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.1679 West, latitude -31.3226 South, depth = 90.46 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 01:12:01 / 1:12 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000jld8. Event ids that are associated: us2000jld8.
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ovalle, Monte Patria, Salamanca (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-one 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km N of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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