A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:10:25 / 5:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 25.52 km, -71.666° West, -30.6798° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.52 km (16 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/04/25 / 2025-04-30 17:10:25 / April 30, 2025 @ 5:10 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pw5b. Unique identifier: us7000pw5b.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle. Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Every 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 six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 45 km W of Ovalle, Chile.
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