A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.7797 West, latitude -31.0498 South, depth = 26.17 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:59:58 / 2:59 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004yzf. Id of event: us20004yzf. Global time and date of event 04/02/16 / 2016-02-04 17:59:58 / February 4, 2016 @ 5:59 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26.17 km (16 miles).
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 Monte Patria, Illapel, Ovalle. Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel anything?
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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply