A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.7253 West, latitude -30.4116 South, depth = 26.12 km. Global time and date of event 27/03/16 / 2016-03-27 00:27:54 / March 27, 2016 @ 12:27 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005cmd. Id of event: us20005cmd. The temblor was reported at 21:27:54 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). 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 26.12 km (16 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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