A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -71.5001° West, latitude -30.9358° South, depth = 62.57 km. Global time and date of event 07/10/16 / 2016-10-07 23:59:27 / October 7, 2016 @ 11:59 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.57 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:59:27 / 7:59 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007cpf. Id of event: us20007cpf.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel, Monte Patria, Ovalle. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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