A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.09 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.3916 West, latitude -30.7007 South, depth = 41.09 km. The temblor was detected at 04:45:25 / 4:45 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/06/18 / 2018-06-20 08:45:25 / June 20, 2018 @ 8:45 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000ewb0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ewb0.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-two 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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