A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 23.8 km (15 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -71.487° West, -30.4° South, depth 23.8 km. Unique identifier: us10007sxd. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007sxd. The temblor was detected at 15:23:57 / 3:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/01/17 / 2017-01-12 19:23:57 / January 12, 2017 @ 7:23 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, Monte Patria, La Serena. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 35 km NW of Ovalle, Chile.
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