A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/12/15 / 2015-12-01 14:29:22 / December 1, 2015 @ 2:29 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.7484 West, latitude -30.5579 South, depth = 31.69 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:29:22 / 11:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.69 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100042fu. Id of event: us100042fu.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 52 km W of Ovalle, Chile.
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