A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -71.7667° West, -30.905° South, depth 28.78 km. The temblor was detected at 16:41:59 / 4:41 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 28.78 km (18 miles). Unique identifier: us20003lla. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003lla. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 19:41:59 / September 18, 2015 @ 7:41 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel, Monte Patria, Ovalle. Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days eighty-six, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 64 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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