A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:50:35 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.39 km (16 miles). Id of earthquake: us10003p26. Event ids that are associated: us10003p26. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -71.4396° West, -30.5689° South, depth 25.39 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/10/15 / 2015-10-16 06:50:35 / October 16, 2015 @ 6:50 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days sixty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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