A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Id of earthquake: us100042uc. Event ids that are associated: us100042uc. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/12/15 / 2015-12-02 22:05:32 / December 2, 2015 @ 10:05 pm. The temblor was reported at 17:05:32 / 5:05 pm (local time epicenter). 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 7.9 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -72.1273° West, -30.4749° South, depth 7.9 km.
The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ovalle. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 90 km W of Ovalle, Chile.
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