A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Wednesday. Event id: us10006cnb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006cnb. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/08/16 / 2016-08-10 17:37:07 / August 10, 2016 @ 5:37 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -71.4949 West, latitude -30.7749 South, depth = 39.62 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:37:07 / 1:37 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 39.62 km (25 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria (min 5000 pop). Close 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 two, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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