A earthquake magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/09/15 / 2015-09-22 07:12:59 / September 22, 2015 @ 7:12 am. Id of earthquake: us20003msd. Event ids that are associated: us20003msd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.32 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -71.196° West, latitude -31.4786° South, depth = 54.32 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 6.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:12:59 / 4:12 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Ligua, Ovalle, Monte Patria (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year.
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Daniel
They just keep coming!
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