A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.64 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/11/15 / 2015-11-11 07:59:32 / November 11, 2015 @ 7:59 am. The temblor was reported at 04:59:32 / 4:59 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10003xbp. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003xbp. Exact location of earthquake, -71.5902° West, -31.758° South, depth 41.64 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 42 km WSW of Illapel, Chile.
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