A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Monday. Exact location, longitude -71.421° West, latitude -30.6825° South, depth = 46.99 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us100062lm. Unique identifier: us100062lm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46.99 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/07/16 / 2016-07-11 13:27:36 / July 11, 2016 @ 1:27 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 09:27:36 / 9:27 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, La Serena, Coquimbo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 23 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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