A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Unique identifier: us1000axtw. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000axtw. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/10/17 / 2017-10-27 20:38:53 / October 27, 2017 @ 8:38 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -71.9326 West, latitude -30.5362 South, depth = 21.74 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 15:38:53 / 3:38 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 21.74 km (14 miles).
The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, Ovalle. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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