A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003itc. Id of event: us10003itc. The temblor was reported at 20:57:33 / 8:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/09/15 / 2015-09-16 23:57:33 / September 16, 2015 @ 11:57 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -71.7583 West, latitude -31.123 South, depth = 26.43 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 26.43 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Illapel, Ovalle. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and eight, in the last 10 days two hundred and eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-six 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 78 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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