A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.77 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007g6q. Id of event: us20007g6q. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/10/16 / 2016-10-23 06:09:17 / October 23, 2016 @ 6:09 am. Exact location of earthquake, -71.4902° West, -30.8507° South, depth 39.77 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:09:17 / 2:09 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel, Monte Patria, Ovalle. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 54 km (33 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 quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 39 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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