A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000h8ex. Event ids that are associated: us1000h8ex. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.7644 West, latitude -30.6189 South, depth = 28.96 km. The temblor was picked up at 10:14:00 / 10:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/10/18 / 2018-10-07 14:14:00 / October 7, 2018 @ 2:14 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.96 km (18 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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