A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.1 km (26 miles). Exact location, longitude -71.4893° West, latitude -30.7702° South, depth = 41.1 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/09/15 / 2015-09-26 20:52:33 / September 26, 2015 @ 8:52 pm. The temblor was detected at 17:52:33 / 5:52 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20003pdj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003pdj.
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Ovalle. Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-five 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 33 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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