A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, Coquimbo, Chile kilometers (0 miles) from Coquimbo, Chile. Exact location of earthquake, -71.4861° West, -30.8389° South, depth 42.38 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:58:29 / 5:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 17:58:29 / September 17, 2015 @ 5:58 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 42.38 km (26 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003kpf. Unique identifier: us20003kpf.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Illapel, Monte Patria, Ovalle. Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-one, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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