A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.42 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/05/16 / 2016-05-12 18:03:50 / May 12, 2016 @ 6:03 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us10005gv1. Event ids that are associated: us10005gv1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:03:50 / 2:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -71.8508° West, latitude -30.574° South, depth = 26.42 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Coquimbo, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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