A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 118 km W of Ovalle, Chile (73 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/10/15 / 2015-10-09 10:38:21 / October 9, 2015 @ 10:38 am. Unique identifier: us10003mg0. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003mg0. The temblor was reported at 05:38:21 / 5:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -72.4332° West, -30.599° South.
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 two, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and four and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 118 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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