A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:56:06 / 4:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -71.6897 West, latitude -31.7739 South, depth = 14.86 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/09/15 / 2015-09-21 19:56:06 / September 21, 2015 @ 7:56 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.86 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us20003mjn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003mjn.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 52 km WSW of Illapel, Chile.
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