A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -71.5268 West, latitude -31.0045 South, depth = 54.59 km. Id of earthquake: us10007vni. Event ids that are associated: us10007vni. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.59 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 03:26:38 / 3:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/01/17 / 2017-01-27 07:26:38 / January 27, 2017 @ 7:26 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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