A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 42.34 km (26 miles). The temblor was detected at 07:53:25 / 7:53 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000jeq3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jeq3. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.7318 West, latitude -30.6266 South, depth = 42.34 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/03/19 / 2019-03-13 11:53:25 / March 13, 2019 @ 11:53 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 51 km W of Ovalle, Chile.
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