A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.49 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003lng. Id of event: us20003lng. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.0396 West, latitude -30.5132 South, depth = 15.49 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:31:28 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 00:31:28 / September 19, 2015 @ 12:31 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, Ovalle.
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 eighteen, in the last 10 days fifty-nine, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 81 km W of Ovalle, Chile.
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