A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/09/15 / 2015-09-20 00:10:26 / September 20, 2015 @ 12:10 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003m1y. Id of event: us20003m1y. The temblor was picked up at 21:10:26 / 9:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -71.8161° West, -30.8074° South, depth 27.82 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.82 km (17 miles).
Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and six, in the past 30 days one hundred and six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 63 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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