A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 127 km W of Coquimbo, Chile (79 miles). Global time and date of event 30/04/16 / 2016-04-30 10:31:57 / April 30, 2016 @ 10:31 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:31:57 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005cps. Id of event: us10005cps. Exact location, longitude -72.6643° West, latitude -30.0549° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 127 km W of Coquimbo, Chile.
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