A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -71.7431° West, latitude -31.9955° South, depth = 18.16 km. Event id: us7000c9r0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000c9r0. The epicenter was at a depth of 18.16 km (11 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:56:28 / 2:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/11/20 / 2020-11-03 14:56:28 / November 3, 2020 @ 2:56 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, La Ligua, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 67 km SW of Illapel, Chile.
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