A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The temblor was detected at 19:16:58 / 7:16 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.06 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000418f. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000418f. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/11/15 / 2015-11-21 22:16:58 / November 21, 2015 @ 10:16 pm. Exact location, longitude -71.7921° West, latitude -30.5832° South, depth = 27.06 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days seventy and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 56 km W of Ovalle, Chile.
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