A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Illapel in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/11/19 / 2019-11-24 21:18:25 / November 24, 2019 @ 9:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 17:18:25 / 5:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -71.4858° West, -31.804° South, depth 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006cix. Id of event: us70006cix.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km WSW of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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