A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 01:19:22 / September 19, 2015 @ 1:19 am. Exact location of earthquake, -71.9146° West, -30.8776° South, depth 17.27 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.27 km (11 miles). The temblor was detected at 22:19:22 / 10:19 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20003lns. Event ids that are associated: us20003lns.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days ninety, in the past 30 days ninety and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 75 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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