A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Vallenar in Chile on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 01:27:10 / 1:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -71.7213° West, latitude -28.7897° South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 06:27:10 / September 19, 2015 @ 6:27 am UTC/GMT. 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: us20003lr7. Id of event: us20003lr7. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vallenar (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 97 km (60 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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