A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007p2u. Id of event: us10007p2u. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/01/17 / 2017-01-01 10:20:10 / January 1, 2017 @ 10:20 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:20:10 / 5:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.4 km (11 miles). Exact location of event, depth 18.4 km, -71.8506° West, -29.99° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle, La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 49 km W of Coquimbo, Chile.
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