A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Monday. Global time and date of event 21/03/16 / 2016-03-21 15:51:17 / March 21, 2016 @ 3:51 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:51:17 / 10:51 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20005bg9. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005bg9. 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 6.52 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -72.0644 West, latitude -30.5492 South, depth = 6.52 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, Ovalle. Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 83 km W of Ovalle, Chile.
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