A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.22 km (13 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200062h7. Id of event: us200062h7. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.9198 West, latitude -31.0406 South, depth = 20.22 km. The temblor was reported at 02:06:46 / 2:06 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/06/16 / 2016-06-07 07:06:46 / June 7, 2016 @ 7:06 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 84 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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