A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003xmc. Id of event: us10003xmc. The temblor was reported at 18:11:42 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/11/15 / 2015-11-11 21:11:42 / November 11, 2015 @ 9:11 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.76 km (12 miles). Exact location, longitude -71.8468° West, latitude -31.0026° South, depth = 19.76 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days eighty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 76 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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