A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/09/18 / 2018-09-01 20:51:38 / September 1, 2018 @ 8:51 pm. Event id: us2000h6lr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000h6lr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30.46 km (19 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -71.7894° West, -30.3345° South, depth 30.46 km. The temblor was detected at 16:51:38 / 4:51 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, La Serena, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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