A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from La Serena in Chile. Exact location of event, longitude -71.414 West, latitude -29.7005 South, depth = 55.79 km. The temblor was detected at 02:16:39 / 2:16 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/08/15 / 2015-08-25 06:16:39 / August 25, 2015 @ 6:16 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100034ns. Id of event: us100034ns. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55.79 km (35 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, Coquimbo, La Serena. Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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 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: 27 km NW of La Serena, Chile.
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