A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000g5gy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g5gy. The temblor was detected at 03:22:37 / 3:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -71.5424° West, -30.8302° South, depth 47.77 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 47.77 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 07:22:37 / July 15, 2018 @ 7:22 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 41 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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