A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Wednesday. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:52:42 / 11:52 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 45.32 km (28 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.5298 West, latitude -31.0283 South, depth = 45.32 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003ke1. Unique identifier: us20003ke1. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 02:52:42 / September 17, 2015 @ 2:52 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel, Monte Patria.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days fourty-three 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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