A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/04/20 / 2020-04-23 22:58:46 / April 23, 2020 @ 10:58 pm. Exact location, longitude -71.5385° West, latitude -31.0577° South, depth = 35 km. Event id: us60009b2c. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009b2c. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 18:58:46 / 6:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Illapel, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 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 three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 60 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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