A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 29.17 km, -71.701° West, -30.5677° South. Id of earthquake: us10004821. Event ids that are associated: us10004821. The temblor was reported at 23:34:36 / 11:34 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 18/12/15 / 2015-12-18 02:34:36 / December 18, 2015 @ 2:34 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.17 km (18 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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 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: 48 km W of Ovalle, Chile.
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