A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:38:40 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -72.0131° West, latitude -30.5515° South, depth = 18.18 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us100068qx. Unique identifier: us100068qx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.18 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/07/16 / 2016-07-30 09:38:40 / July 30, 2016 @ 9:38 am.
The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, Ovalle.
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 three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 78 km W of Ovalle, Chile.
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