A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/12/15 / 2015-12-05 14:55:04 / December 5, 2015 @ 2:55 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.31 km (33 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 11:55:04 / 11:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.6306 West, latitude -30.6856 South, depth = 52.31 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us100044ak. Unique identifier: us100044ak.
The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and nineteen 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 42 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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