A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Event id: us2000j0va. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j0va. Exact location, longitude -72.2431° West, latitude -29.9768° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 13:44:30 / 1:44 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/01/19 / 2019-01-06 18:44:30 / January 6, 2019 @ 6:44 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo. Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop).
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 fourty-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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 86 km W of Coquimbo, Chile.
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