A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes offshore Coquimbo, Chile kilometers (0 miles) from offshore Coquimbo, Chile on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 18:26:40 / September 17, 2015 @ 6:26 pm. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:26:40 / 6:26 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.45 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us20003kqq. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003kqq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -72.0219 West, latitude -31.7775 South, depth = 4.45 km.
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-three, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days fifty-nine 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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