A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Unique identifier: us200041rq. Ids that are associated to the event: us200041rq. The temblor was reported at 18:30:17 / 6:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/11/15 / 2015-11-03 21:30:17 / November 3, 2015 @ 9:30 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.411 West, latitude -30.796 South, depth = 49.6 km. 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 49.6 km (31 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 30 km (18 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 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 five, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 29 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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