A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Id of earthquake: us20006fgd. Event ids that are associated: us20006fgd. The epicenter was at a depth of 26.94 km (17 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.7939 West, latitude -30.7538 South, depth = 26.94 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 18/07/16 / 2016-07-18 02:58:50 / July 18, 2016 @ 2:58 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 22:58:50 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 99 km (62 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 59 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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