A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The temblor was detected at 05:46:14 / 5:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/10/15 / 2015-10-08 08:46:14 / October 8, 2015 @ 8:46 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.25 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003l3b. Id of event: us10003l3b. Exact location of event, longitude -71.6621 West, latitude -30.7116 South, depth = 35.25 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-four, in the last 10 days eighty-one, in the past 30 days three hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 46 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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