A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The temblor was reported at 07:13:09 / 7:13 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003meh. Unique identifier: us20003meh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.46 km (26 miles). Global time and date of event 21/09/15 / 2015-09-21 10:13:09 / September 21, 2015 @ 10:13 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 41.46 km, -71.4772° West, -30.7644° South.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days ninety-six, in the past 30 days ninety-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 32 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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