A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -71.8308° West, latitude -30.9997° South, depth = 35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us200065ey. Event ids that are associated: us200065ey. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:55:03 / 4:55 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 20:55:03 / June 19, 2016 @ 8:55 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days six hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 74 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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