A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000639l. Id of event: us1000639l. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.85 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 41.85 km, -71.293° West, -30.6171° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/07/16 / 2016-07-13 14:41:56 / July 13, 2016 @ 2:41 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:41:56 / 10:41 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, La Serena, Coquimbo.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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