A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The temblor was reported at 04:01:01 / 4:01 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003kij. Id of event: us20003kij. Exact location of event, longitude -71.9023 West, latitude -30.5886 South, depth = 18.83 km. Global time and date of event 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 07:01:01 / September 17, 2015 @ 7:01 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.83 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Monte Patria, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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: 67 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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