A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, Coquimbo, Chile kilometers (0 miles) from Coquimbo, Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000huwi. Unique identifier: us1000huwi. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/11/18 / 2018-11-21 11:42:59 / November 21, 2018 @ 11:42 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.5056 West, latitude -31.5957 South, depth = 49.01 km. The temblor was picked up at 11:42:59 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 49.01 km (30 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 99 km (61 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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