A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Friday. The temblor was detected at 12:11:50 / 12:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.3791 West, latitude -30.6171 South, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Event id: us100049h4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100049h4. 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: 25/12/15 / 2015-12-25 15:11:50 / December 25, 2015 @ 3:11 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, La Serena, Coquimbo.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 17 km W of Ovalle, Chile.
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