A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Illapel in Chile. Event id: us20003l4r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003l4r. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 07:44:10 / September 18, 2015 @ 7:44 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.35 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 39.35 km, -71.6692° West, -31.3706° South. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:44:10 / 4:44 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Ovalle, Salamanca. Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days seventy, in the past 30 days seventy and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 55 km WNW of Illapel, Chile.
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