A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/07/19 / 2019-07-17 19:35:15 / July 17, 2019 @ 7:35 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.44 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -71.7911° West, -30.9743° South, depth 36.44 km. The temblor was detected at 15:35:15 / 3:35 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us70004miy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004miy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Ovalle. The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 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. 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: 70 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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