A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Illapel in Chile. Exact location of event, longitude -70.7343 West, latitude -31.3686 South, depth = 104.11 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 104.11 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70004pz0. Event ids that are associated: us70004pz0. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/07/19 / 2019-07-21 07:29:19 / July 21, 2019 @ 7:29 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:29:19 / 3:29 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Illapel, Salamanca (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 50 km NE of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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