A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.2989 West, latitude -31.0489 South, depth = 52.53 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003mel. Id of event: us10003mel. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/10/15 / 2015-10-09 08:20:39 / October 9, 2015 @ 8:20 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 52.53 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 05:20:39 / 5:20 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Illapel, Monte Patria.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-three, in the last 10 days seventy-seven, in the past 30 days three hundred and nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km S of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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