A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -71.5927 West, latitude -30.081 South, depth = 43.49 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43.49 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/06/16 / 2016-06-03 00:16:15 / June 3, 2016 @ 12:16 am. Unique identifier: us200060q7. Ids that are associated to the event: us200060q7. The temblor was detected at 20:16:15 / 8:16 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Vicuña, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 27 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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