A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Unique identifier: us20007ctc. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007ctc. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/10/16 / 2016-10-08 17:27:21 / October 8, 2016 @ 5:27 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -72.1597° West, -29.5868° South, depth 13.76 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:27:21 / 12:27 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.76 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo. Nearby 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 88 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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