A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.47 km (21 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:07:13 / 10:07 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003e09. Unique identifier: us70003e09. Exact location, longitude -71.4905° West, latitude -30.7963° South, depth = 34.47 km. Global time and date of event 29/04/19 / 2019-04-29 14:07:13 / April 29, 2019 @ 2:07 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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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. 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: 35 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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