A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 133 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile (83 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -72.5823 West, latitude -30.49 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us20003l0t. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003l0t. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 23:35:01 / September 17, 2015 @ 11:35 pm. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:35:01 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 thirty-four 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 133 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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