A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The temblor was reported at 23:58:42 / 11:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -71.8932 West, latitude -31.0455 South, depth = 30.84 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.84 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us20003l2s. Event ids that are associated: us20003l2s. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 02:58:42 / September 18, 2015 @ 2:58 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Illapel, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (51 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety, in the last 10 days one hundred and eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 82 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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