A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/09/15 / 2015-09-24 22:36:16 / September 24, 2015 @ 10:36 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:36:16 / 5:36 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 14.3 km (9 miles). Event id: us20003nu6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003nu6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -72.1302° West, -30.5538° South, depth 14.3 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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