A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:56:28 / 7:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -71.5978 West, latitude -30.3422 South, depth = 44.27 km. Unique identifier: us100061gv. Ids that are associated to the event: us100061gv. Global time and date of event 06/07/16 / 2016-07-06 23:56:28 / July 6, 2016 @ 11:56 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 44.27 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, Monte Patria, La Serena. The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km NW of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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