A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003ut1. Id of event: us10003ut1. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:28:45 / 10:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.502 West, latitude -30.7354 South, depth = 37.53 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 37.53 km (23 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: 05/11/15 / 2015-11-05 01:28:45 / November 5, 2015 @ 1:28 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-one 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. 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: 32 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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