A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Event id: us700057ru. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700057ru. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/08/19 / 2019-08-24 02:33:00 / August 24, 2019 @ 2:33 am. Exact location of event, longitude -71.4052 West, latitude -31.1082 South, depth = 61.65 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.65 km (38 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:33:00 / 10:33 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Monte Patria, Illapel.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 59 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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