A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.28 km (14 miles). Global time and date of event 01/12/15 / 2015-12-01 15:31:33 / December 1, 2015 @ 3:31 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 12:31:33 / 12:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -71.7418 West, latitude -30.4034 South, depth = 23.28 km. Event id: us100042g6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100042g6.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, La Serena, Coquimbo. Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 56 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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