A 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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