A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Unique identifier: us70006363. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006363. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -71.5483 West, latitude -31.8166 South, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/11/19 / 2019-11-04 23:07:11 / November 4, 2019 @ 11:07 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 19:07:11 / 7:07 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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