A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20003nif. Event ids that are associated: us20003nif. The temblor was reported at 17:48:49 / 5:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -72.0908° West, latitude -31.7549° South, depth = 19 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/09/15 / 2015-09-23 22:48:49 / September 23, 2015 @ 10:48 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel. Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 88 km W of Illapel, Chile.
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