A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/11/15 / 2015-11-10 12:58:37 / November 10, 2015 @ 12:58 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 09:58:37 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10003wa5. Unique identifier: us10003wa5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.6 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -71.433 West, latitude -30.8274 South, depth = 37.6 km.
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, Illapel, Monte Patria. The epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 33 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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