A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The temblor was reported at 22:45:09 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/04/16 / 2016-04-10 01:45:09 / April 10, 2016 @ 1:45 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us20005gqs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005gqs. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.56 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 44.56 km, -71.444° West, -30.7198° South.
The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle. Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 26 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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