A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g2zu. Id of event: us2000g2zu. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/18 / 2018-07-06 13:40:05 / July 6, 2018 @ 1:40 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 15.24 km (9 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -72.0346° West, -30.2779° South, depth 15.24 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:40:05 / 8:40 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle, La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-five 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 75 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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