A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 47.24 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10003yy2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003yy2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:16:27 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 47.24 km, -71.4952° West, -30.699° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/11/15 / 2015-11-17 13:16:27 / November 17, 2015 @ 1:16 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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