A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003lc3. Id of event: us20003lc3. The temblor was picked up at 12:58:37 / 12:58 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 15:58:37 / September 18, 2015 @ 3:58 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -71.8572 West, latitude -30.6669 South, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 63 km W of Ovalle, Chile.
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