A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/06/16 / 2016-06-20 01:31:25 / June 20, 2016 @ 1:31 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -71.74° West, -30.24° South, depth 37 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200065fp. Id of event: us200065fp. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:31:25 / 9:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37 km (23 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Ovalle, La Serena. Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 49 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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