A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us700039sw. Event ids that are associated: us700039sw. The temblor was picked up at 19:23:45 / 7:23 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/04/19 / 2019-04-20 23:23:45 / April 20, 2019 @ 11:23 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -71.442° West, -30.9412° South, depth 48.78 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 48.78 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Illapel, Monte Patria, Ovalle. Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 44 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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