A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 25.06 km (16 miles). Id of earthquake: us20003m72. Event ids that are associated: us20003m72. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/09/15 / 2015-09-20 14:31:08 / September 20, 2015 @ 2:31 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:31:08 / 11:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -71.7051 West, latitude -30.5458 South, depth = 25.06 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days eighty-seven, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 48 km W of Ovalle, Chile.
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