A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.5 km (17 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:51:29 / 8:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -71.632° West, latitude -30.698° South, depth = 27.5 km. Id of earthquake: us10003vj4. Event ids that are associated: us10003vj4. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/11/15 / 2015-11-07 11:51:29 / November 7, 2015 @ 11:51 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days seventy-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 42 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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