A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26.23 km (16 miles). Unique identifier: us20004ft1. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004ft1. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/15 / 2015-12-09 09:14:03 / December 9, 2015 @ 9:14 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.8097 West, latitude -30.6958 South, depth = 26.23 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:14:03 / 6:14 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 59 km W of Ovalle, Chile.
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