A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 109 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile (68 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/09/15 / 2015-09-20 01:34:35 / September 20, 2015 @ 1:34 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -72.3355° West, latitude -30.4359° South, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:34:35 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20003m2g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003m2g. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days sixty-five, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 109 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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