A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:00:48 / 4:00 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -72.1285° West, -29.6221° South, depth 11.29 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.29 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/08/16 / 2016-08-26 21:00:48 / August 26, 2016 @ 9:00 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006udm. Id of event: us20006udm.
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 84 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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