A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003mt0. Unique identifier: us20003mt0. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/09/15 / 2015-09-22 08:37:32 / September 22, 2015 @ 8:37 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.76 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 05:37:32 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -71.8497° West, -30.3912° South, depth 30.76 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, La Serena, Coquimbo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days ninety, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 66 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile.
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