A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Sunday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:03:31 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -72.154° West, latitude -30.3947° South, depth = 12.35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20003mb5. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003mb5. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/09/15 / 2015-09-21 03:03:31 / September 21, 2015 @ 3:03 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.35 km (8 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seventy-eight, in the past 30 days eighty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 92 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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