A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The temblor was detected at 15:46:39 / 3:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54.85 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100048vz. Id of event: us100048vz. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/12/15 / 2015-12-22 18:46:39 / December 22, 2015 @ 6:46 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.3047 West, latitude -30.8053 South, depth = 54.85 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 25 km (15 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel, Monte Patria, Ovalle. Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 25 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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