A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 80 kilometers (50 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 event, longitude -72.0337 West, latitude -30.5621 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004gx7. Id of event: us20004gx7. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:31:07 / 12:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/12/15 / 2015-12-13 17:31:07 / December 13, 2015 @ 5:31 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coquimbo, Ovalle. Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 80 km W of Ovalle, Chile.
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