A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 02:59:48 / 2:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -72.1395 West, latitude -30.1305 South, depth = 8.87 km. Event id: us20006fqp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006fqp. The epicenter was at a depth of 8.87 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/07/16 / 2016-07-19 07:59:48 / July 19, 2016 @ 7:59 am.
Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). 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 four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-two 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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