A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/12/15 / 2015-12-01 12:08:34 / December 1, 2015 @ 12:08 pm. The temblor was picked up at 09:08:34 / 9:08 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.28 km (27 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 43.28 km, -71.3591° West, -30.2946° South. Unique identifier: us100042ev. Ids that are associated to the event: us100042ev.
Epicenter of the event was 38 km (24 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vicuña, Monte Patria, La Serena. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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