A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Global time and date of event 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 02:59:29 / September 17, 2015 @ 2:59 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -71.4781° West, -30.9551° South. Id of earthquake: us20003ke3. Event ids that are associated: us20003ke3. The temblor was picked up at 23:59:29 / 11:59 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Illapel, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 47 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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