A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:49:16 / 2:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20005gir. Event ids that are associated: us20005gir. Exact location of earthquake, -71.663° West, -30.2576° South, depth 29.82 km. Global time and date of event 09/04/16 / 2016-04-09 05:49:16 / April 9, 2016 @ 5:49 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.82 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Ovalle, La Serena (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 46 km (29 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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