A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.54 km (31 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:37:38 / 9:37 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20004g1w. Event ids that are associated: us20004g1w. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.3636 West, latitude -30.9833 South, depth = 49.54 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/12/15 / 2015-12-10 00:37:38 / December 10, 2015 @ 12:37 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 45 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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