A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from La Serena in Chile. Event id: us1000356x. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000356x. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/08/15 / 2015-08-26 23:49:19 / August 26, 2015 @ 11:49 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:49:19 / 7:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -71.3553° West, -29.7038° South, depth 47.81 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.81 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, Coquimbo, La Serena. Event epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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