A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Exact location, longitude -71.4907° West, latitude -30.6842° South, depth = 42.87 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/03/19 / 2019-03-13 21:46:11 / March 13, 2019 @ 9:46 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 42.87 km (27 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:46:11 / 5:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000jf4z. Unique identifier: us1000jf4z.
Epicenter of the event was 83 km (51 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 29 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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