A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, offshore Coquimbo, Chile kilometers (0 miles) from offshore Coquimbo, Chile. The temblor was reported at 16:32:38 / 4:32 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003km2. Id of event: us20003km2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 16:32:38 / September 17, 2015 @ 4:32 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.9293 West, latitude -31.5591 South, depth = 25.03 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.03 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-seven, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: offshore Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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