A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008vwa. Id of event: us10008vwa. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.24 km (26 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/05/17 / 2017-05-28 12:05:49 / May 28, 2017 @ 12:05 pm. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:05:49 / 8:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -71.4127° West, -30.7258° South, depth 42.24 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 24 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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