A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Sunday. Unique identifier: us20003pjk. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003pjk. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/15 / 2015-09-27 21:01:04 / September 27, 2015 @ 9:01 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:01:04 / 4:01 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 4.37 km, -72.2026° West, -30.3456° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.37 km (3 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days ninety, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-eight 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 93 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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