A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Global time and date of event 28/09/15 / 2015-09-28 20:27:27 / September 28, 2015 @ 8:27 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us10003ilv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003ilv. The temblor was detected at 17:27:27 / 5:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.83 km (16 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -71.7454° West, -31.008° South, depth 25.83 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirteen, in the past 30 days two hundred and two and in the last 365 days two hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 69 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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