A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Exact location, longitude -71.389° West, latitude -30.721° South, depth = 49.7 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:53:59 / 1:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.7 km (31 miles). Unique identifier: us20003pah. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003pah. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/09/15 / 2015-09-26 04:53:59 / September 26, 2015 @ 4:53 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 22 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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