A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.16 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -71.5876° West, -30.9751° South, depth 29.16 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/09/15 / 2015-09-23 15:09:48 / September 23, 2015 @ 3:09 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20003nw2. Event ids that are associated: us20003nw2. The temblor was reported at 12:09:48 / 12:09 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Illapel, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 55 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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