A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The temblor was detected at 13:48:07 / 1:48 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.42 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us20003mha. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003mha. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/09/15 / 2015-09-21 16:48:07 / September 21, 2015 @ 4:48 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -71.6557 West, latitude -30.8086 South, depth = 36.42 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 49 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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