Thursday, October 15, 2015

LIGHT EARTHQUAKE, 4.3 MAG HAS OCCURRED NEAR OVALLE IN CHILE

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Saturday. 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 18.87 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -71.8805 West, latitude -30.8757 South, depth = 18.87 km. The temblor was detected at 02:47:49 / 2:47 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). 

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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