A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.6377 West, latitude -30.3732 South, depth = 29.45 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100067xj. Id of event: us100067xj. The temblor was picked up at 20:34:21 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.45 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/16 / 2016-07-28 00:34:21 / July 28, 2016 @ 12:34 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 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: 48 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile.
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