A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.26 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -71.7429 West, latitude -30.6431 South, depth = 27.26 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/11/15 / 2015-11-28 06:08:35 / November 28, 2015 @ 6:08 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us100041um. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100041um. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:08:35 / 3:08 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria. Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 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 seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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