A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Sunday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:20:12 / 10:20 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -71.5614° West, -31.782° South, depth 37.04 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.04 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/04/20 / 2020-04-05 14:20:12 / April 5, 2020 @ 2:20 pm. Event id: us70008p9v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008p9v.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 41 km WSW of Illapel, Chile.
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