A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.17 km (29 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:34:05 / 1:34 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003nrn. Unique identifier: us20003nrn. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/09/15 / 2015-09-24 16:34:05 / September 24, 2015 @ 4:34 pm. Exact location of event, depth 47.17 km, -71.4662° West, -30.7393° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 29 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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