A earthquake with magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -71.3608° West, latitude -30.972° South, depth = 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003kfj. Id of event: us20003kfj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 00:55:07 / 12:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 03:55:07 / September 17, 2015 @ 3:55 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 113 km (70 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 119 km (74 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 121 km (75 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, La Serena, Coquimbo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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