A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/04/20 / 2020-04-07 17:42:06 / April 7, 2020 @ 5:42 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70008qtl. Unique identifier: us70008qtl. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.73 km (26 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.8267 West, latitude -31.4269 South, depth = 41.73 km. The temblor was reported at 13:42:06 / 1:42 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 66 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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