A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/06/16 / 2016-06-16 01:14:46 / June 16, 2016 @ 1:14 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -71.33° West, latitude -30.67° South, depth = 37 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us200064pg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200064pg. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:14:46 / 9:14 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby 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 Vicuña, La Serena, Coquimbo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 14 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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