A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.6523 West, latitude -30.8433 South, depth = 30.48 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004g1u. Id of event: us20004g1u. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.48 km (19 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/15 / 2015-12-09 01:11:42 / December 9, 2015 @ 1:11 am. The temblor was reported at 22:11:42 / 10:11 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 51 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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