A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Friday. The temblor was detected at 09:59:43 / 9:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -71.9565 West, latitude -30.9983 South, depth = 33.91 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.91 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us20003l8n. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003l8n. 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: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 14:59:43 / September 18, 2015 @ 2:59 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days seventy-nine, in the past 30 days seventy-nine and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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