A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 148 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile (92 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/09/15 / 2015-09-24 00:11:26 / September 24, 2015 @ 12:11 am. Exact location, longitude -72.694° West, latitude -30.9457° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:11:26 / 7:11 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us20003niz. Event ids that are associated: us20003niz.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 148 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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