Mag. 3.4 earthquake - Limarí, 25 km west of Ovalle, Provincia de Limari, Coquimbo Region, Chile, on Wednesday, 24 February 2016 at 16:23 (GMT)
This quake was likely an aftershock of the 6.3 quake 26 km west of Ovalle, Provincia de Limari, Coquimbo Region, Chile, 10 February 2016 00:33 GMT, which had occurred 2 weeks earlier.
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Minor magnitude 3.4 earthquake at 47 km depth
24 Feb 16:42 UTC: First to report: GUG (U. Chile) after 19 minutes.
Magnitude: 3.4
Depth: 47.4 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 30.674°S / 71.442°W
(Limarí, Coquimbo Region, Chile)Nearby towns and cities:
25 km (15 mi) WSW of Ovalle (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 77,100) --> See nearby quakes!
46 km (29 mi) W of Monte Patria (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 13,900) --> See nearby quakes!
88 km (54 mi) SSW of La Serena (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 154,500) --> See nearby quakes!
318 km (198 mi) NNW of Santiago (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 4,837,300) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GUG (U. Chile)
Estimated released energy: 7.9 x 109 joules (2.21 megawatt hours, equivalent to 1.9 tons of TNT) More info
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 3.4 | 47 km | 24 km al O de Ovalle | GUG (U. Chile) |
| M 3.4 | 47 km | COQUIMBO, CHILE | EMSC |
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(Chile, 86 km N of epicenter) : Se sintió como una explicación, y vino el movimiento corto (reported through EMSC)
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Mag. 3.4 earthquake - Limarí, 25 km west of Ovalle, Provincia de Limari, Coquimbo Region, Chile, on Wednesday, 24 February 2016 at 16:23 (GMT)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
