A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/04/20 / 2020-04-26 22:42:28 / April 26, 2020 @ 10:42 pm. Event id: us60009cy9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009cy9. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -71.298 West, latitude -31.7354 South, depth = 35 km. The temblor was detected at 18:42:28 / 6:42 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km SW of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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