A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/12/15 / 2015-12-01 03:04:04 / December 1, 2015 @ 3:04 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.6432 West, latitude -30.4695 South, depth = 22.6 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.6 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:04:04 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us100042cy. Event ids that are associated: us100042cy.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Monte Patria, Coquimbo. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 44 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile.
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