A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.05 km (26 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.5087 West, latitude -30.2309 South, depth = 42.05 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 13:49:53 / September 28, 2018 @ 1:49 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 09:49:53 / 9:49 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000h3si. Event ids that are associated: us1000h3si.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 35 km (22 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 34 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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