A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.93 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us700048ni. Event ids that are associated: us700048ni. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -71.4077° West, latitude -30.6002° South, depth = 34.93 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/07/19 / 2019-07-02 15:17:56 / July 2, 2019 @ 3:17 pm. The temblor was reported at 11:17:56 / 11:17 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria (min 5000 pop).
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 four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 19 km W of Ovalle, Chile.
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