A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Saturday. Event id: us20003pcr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003pcr. The temblor was reported at 13:07:37 / 1:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.126 West, latitude -30.3366 South, depth = 15.38 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/09/15 / 2015-09-26 18:07:37 / September 26, 2015 @ 6:07 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.38 km (10 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days one hundred and ten, in the past 30 days one hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 86 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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