A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Illapel in Chile. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/04/20 / 2020-04-05 14:18:29 / April 5, 2020 @ 2:18 pm. Id of earthquake: us70008p9f. Event ids that are associated: us70008p9f. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.6401 West, latitude -31.7534 South, depth = 35 km. The temblor was reported at 10:18:29 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby 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 earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 47 km WSW of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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