A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.54 km (31 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000b39y. Event ids that are associated: us2000b39y. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:55:52 / 6:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 50.54 km, -71.3827° West, -30.0051° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/10/17 / 2017-10-09 22:55:52 / October 9, 2017 @ 10:55 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Ovalle, Vicuña. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 7 km (4 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 6 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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