A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Illapel in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.6698 West, latitude -31.4798 South, depth = 35 km. Global time and date of event 07/04/20 / 2020-04-07 10:18:03 / April 7, 2020 @ 10:18 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us70008qib. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008qib. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 06:18:03 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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