A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The temblor was detected at 06:15:38 / 6:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/12/15 / 2015-12-23 09:15:38 / December 23, 2015 @ 9:15 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.61 km (28 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000490c. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000490c. Exact location, longitude -71.4164° West, latitude -31.0593° South, depth = 45.61 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel, Monte Patria (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 55 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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