A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30.43 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 15:29:30 / 3:29 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 19/11/15 / 2015-11-19 20:29:30 / November 19, 2015 @ 8:29 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003zmr. Id of event: us10003zmr. Exact location of event, depth 30.43 km, -72.0706° West, -31.0615° South.
The epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 97 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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