A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. All ids that are associated to the event: us200081ur. Unique identifier: us200081ur. The temblor was picked up at 04:06:55 / 4:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 34.3 km, -71.5685° West, -30.2568° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/12/16 / 2016-12-17 08:06:55 / December 17, 2016 @ 8:06 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.3 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vicuña, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-eight 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. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 40 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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