A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -71.5004 West, latitude -31.0668 South, depth = 55.74 km. Global time and date of event 29/10/17 / 2017-10-29 22:58:58 / October 29, 2017 @ 10:58 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.74 km (35 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000aye5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000aye5. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:58:58 / 6:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel, Monte Patria, Ovalle. Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 59 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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