A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n0wl. Id of event: us6000n0wl. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:03:27 / 5:03 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/05/24 / 2024-05-25 05:03:27 / May 25, 2024 @ 5:03 am. Exact location, longitude -71.8399° West, latitude -30.7257° South, depth = 28.524 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 28.524 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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