A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from La Serena in Chile. Exact location of event, longitude -71.3054 West, latitude -29.7434 South, depth = 44.27 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100034f1. Id of event: us100034f1. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 44.27 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 01:13:50 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/08/15 / 2015-08-24 05:13:50 / August 24, 2015 @ 5:13 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ovalle, Vicuña, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 18 km NNW of La Serena, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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