A earthquake magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Illapel in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/09/15 / 2015-09-21 17:39:55 / September 21, 2015 @ 5:39 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -71.8 West, latitude -31.8 South, depth = 33 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Illapel in Chile (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). Unique identifier: at00nv1fqm. Ids that are associated to the event: pt15264051, at00nv1fqm. The 6.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:39:55 / 12:39 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quillota, Hacienda La Calera, La Ligua (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 131 km (81 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 122 km (76 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventeen, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 63 km WSW of Illapel, Chile.
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