A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29.21 km (18 miles). The temblor was detected at 19:07:29 / 7:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -71.7324° West, latitude -30.3572° South, depth = 29.21 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200067rb. Id of event: us200067rb. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/06/16 / 2016-06-28 23:07:29 / June 28, 2016 @ 11:07 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, La Serena, Coquimbo. Event epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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