A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 101 km WSW of Illapel, Chile (63 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/09/15 / 2015-09-25 09:56:43 / September 25, 2015 @ 9:56 am. The temblor was detected at 04:56:43 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20003p01. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003p01. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.2097 West, latitude -31.8175 South, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 101 km WSW of Illapel, Chile.
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