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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Ovalle in Chile


Earthquake location -30.6371S, -71.3308WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Monday. Exact location, longitude -71.3308° West, latitude -30.6371° South, depth = 56.645 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/05/24 / 2024-05-06 01:58:13 / May 6, 2024 @ 1:58 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:58:13 / 1:58 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 56.645 km (35 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mwlu. Unique identifier: us6000mwlu.

The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 13 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.3308° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -30.6371° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.645 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-06 01:58:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-13 22:20:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.588 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 138 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000mwlu Id of event.
Event Code 6000mwlu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mwlu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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