A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/15 / 2015-09-23 14:53:39 / September 23, 2015 @ 2:53 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.3 km (26 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:53:39 / 11:53 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20003nbv. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003nbv. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.567 West, latitude -30.848 South, depth = 42.3 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 44 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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