A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:54:45 / 2:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20003lhx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003lhx. Exact location of event, depth 18.82 km, -71.6884° West, -30.0326° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 19:54:45 / September 18, 2015 @ 7:54 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.82 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, Ovalle, La Serena.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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