A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 105 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile (65 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003mkq. Unique identifier: us20003mkq. Exact location of earthquake, -72.2992° West, -29.4977° South, depth 10.33 km. The temblor was reported at 15:59:37 / 3:59 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.33 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/09/15 / 2015-09-21 20:59:37 / September 21, 2015 @ 8:59 pm.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 105 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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