A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 27.38 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 13:54:59 / 1:54 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10003mve. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003mve. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/10/15 / 2015-10-11 16:54:59 / October 11, 2015 @ 4:54 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -71.7166 West, latitude -30.6674 South, depth = 27.38 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria (min 5000 pop).
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-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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