A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 147 km W of Ovalle, Chile (91 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.7218 West, latitude -30.8156 South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us100041ns. Unique identifier: us100041ns. Global time and date of event 27/11/15 / 2015-11-27 08:31:29 / November 27, 2015 @ 8:31 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 03:31:29 / 3:31 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 147 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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