A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.01 km (11 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/11/15 / 2015-11-04 01:22:12 / November 4, 2015 @ 1:22 am. Event id: us200041tc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200041tc. Exact location of earthquake, -71.7977° West, -30.3642° South, depth 17.01 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:22:12 / 10:22 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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