A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Id of earthquake: us1000i0eu. Event ids that are associated: us1000i0eu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.14 km (14 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -71.8774 West, latitude -30.6392 South, depth = 23.14 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:04:17 / 7:04 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 11:04:17 / December 2, 2018 @ 11:04 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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