A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from La Serena in Chile. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:42:48 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -71.239° West, latitude -29.844° South, depth = 44.9 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/08/15 / 2015-08-24 02:42:48 / August 24, 2015 @ 2:42 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.9 km (28 miles). Event id: us100034eh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100034eh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle, Vicuña, Coquimbo. The epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-six 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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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 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: 7 km NNE of La Serena, Chile.
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