A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 41.46 km (26 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000439f. Unique identifier: us1000439f. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.5181 West, latitude -30.7694 South, depth = 41.46 km. The temblor was reported at 05:44:38 / 5:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/15 / 2015-12-04 08:44:38 / December 4, 2015 @ 8:44 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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