A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, -71.5698° West, -30.7457° South, depth 69.25 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 69.25 km (43 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:02:53 / 11:02 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/01/19 / 2019-01-18 15:02:53 / January 18, 2019 @ 3:02 pm. 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: us2000j5rs. Unique identifier: us2000j5rs.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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