A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.69 km (7 miles). Id of earthquake: us20004gw8. Event ids that are associated: us20004gw8. The temblor was picked up at 09:25:43 / 9:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.0912 West, latitude -30.3077 South, depth = 11.69 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/12/15 / 2015-12-13 14:25:43 / December 13, 2015 @ 2:25 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ovalle, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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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: 82 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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