A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007rxs. Id of event: us10007rxs. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:33:47 / 7:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -72.2344° West, latitude -30.1575° South, depth = 10.65 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 08/01/17 / 2017-01-08 00:33:47 / January 8, 2017 @ 12:33 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.65 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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 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: 88 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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