A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The temblor was detected at 10:15:01 / 10:15 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/02/16 / 2016-02-10 13:15:01 / February 10, 2016 @ 1:15 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 28.09 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.8238 West, latitude -30.596 South, depth = 28.09 km. Event id: us20004z9q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004z9q.
Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-four 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 59 km W of Ovalle, Chile.
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