A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.24 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us60003su9. Event ids that are associated: us60003su9. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/05/19 / 2019-05-27 21:56:15 / May 27, 2019 @ 9:56 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:56:15 / 5:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -71.6553 West, latitude -30.6514 South, depth = 24.24 km.
Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-two 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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