A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us20003kb0. Event ids that are associated: us20003kb0. The epicenter was at a depth of 29.81 km (19 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 00:15:22 / September 17, 2015 @ 12:15 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 29.81 km, -71.8669° West, -31.0275° South. The temblor was detected at 21:15:22 / 9:15 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Illapel, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-six, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 79 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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