A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Exact location of event, longitude -71.8792 West, latitude -30.6114 South, depth = 15.24 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.24 km (9 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/11/18 / 2018-11-01 15:22:21 / November 1, 2018 @ 3:22 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000i5dd. Id of event: us2000i5dd. The temblor was reported at 11:22:21 / 11:22 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-six 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 65 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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