A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, -71.643° West, -30.46° South, depth 25 km. Id of earthquake: us200065b4. Event ids that are associated: us200065b4. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 00:01:07 / June 19, 2016 @ 12:01 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 20:01:07 / 8:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Monte Patria, Coquimbo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 45 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile.
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