A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, offshore Coquimbo, Chile kilometers (0 miles) from offshore Coquimbo, Chile. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:17:52 / 5:17 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.43 km (11 miles). Id of earthquake: us20003knn. Event ids that are associated: us20003knn. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 17:17:52 / September 17, 2015 @ 5:17 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -72.094° West, -30.3198° South, depth 17.43 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Ovalle, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days fourty-eight 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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