A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Event id: us10004sec. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004sec. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.11 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 24/02/16 / 2016-02-24 19:09:57 / February 24, 2016 @ 7:09 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 14:09:57 / 2:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -71.8994 West, latitude -29.9003 South, depth = 15.11 km.
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (34 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km W of Coquimbo, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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