A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/11/20 / 2020-11-11 02:17:07 / November 11, 2020 @ 2:17 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 02:17:07 / 2:17 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.15 km (8 miles). Exact location of event, depth 12.15 km, -72.1709° West, -30.5551° South. Unique identifier: us7000cd7d. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000cd7d.
Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 93 km W of Ovalle, Chile.
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