A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Thursday. Global time and date of event 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 19:11:18 / September 17, 2015 @ 7:11 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:11:18 / 2:11 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.28 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -72.1904° West, -30.3137° South, depth 4.28 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003kta. Id of event: us20003kta.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coquimbo. Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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