A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 48.94 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10007uyw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007uyw. Exact location, longitude -71.2217° West, latitude -30.6779° South, depth = 48.94 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/17 / 2017-01-23 11:21:56 / January 23, 2017 @ 11:21 am. The temblor was picked up at 07:21:56 / 7:21 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, La Serena, Coquimbo. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (51 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 9 km (5 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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