A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/11/15 / 2015-11-16 02:32:03 / November 16, 2015 @ 2:32 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:32:03 / 11:32 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.45 km (23 miles). Event id: us10003ykf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003ykf. Exact location of earthquake, -71.7254° West, -30.8859° South, depth 36.45 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 59 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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