A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:59:40 / 7:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 44.98 km, -71.5391° West, -30.8239° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 22:59:40 / September 19, 2015 @ 10:59 pm. Unique identifier: us20003m1b. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003m1b. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 44.98 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Ovalle. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days eighty-five, in the past 30 days eighty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 40 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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