A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 17:27:16 / September 18, 2015 @ 5:27 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.8708 West, latitude -31.0664 South, depth = 20.18 km. Unique identifier: us20003lde. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003lde. The epicenter was at a depth of 20.18 km (13 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:27:16 / 2:27 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days eighty, in the past 30 days eighty and in the last 365 days ninety-seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 82 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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