A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Vicuna in Chile. The temblor was detected at 16:59:26 / 4:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 88.3 km, -70.759° West, -30.173° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 88.3 km (55 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/09/16 / 2016-09-21 20:59:26 / September 21, 2016 @ 8:59 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006rfy. Id of event: us10006rfy.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle, Monte Patria, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 16 km SSW of Vicuna, Chile.
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