A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Event id: us2000g6f5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g6f5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.52 km (27 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/07/18 / 2018-07-16 18:34:41 / July 16, 2018 @ 6:34 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:34:41 / 2:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -71.5218° West, latitude -30.9325° South, depth = 43.52 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Illapel, Monte Patria, Ovalle. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 48 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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