A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:37:57 / 5:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -71.6283° West, latitude -30.7706° South, depth = 35.54 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.54 km (22 miles). Unique identifier: us20004hed. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004hed. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/12/15 / 2015-12-15 20:37:57 / December 15, 2015 @ 8:37 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighteen 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 45 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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