A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Global time and date of event 20/01/19 / 2019-01-20 04:59:45 / January 20, 2019 @ 4:59 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:59:45 / 12:59 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000j6k2. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j6k2. Exact location, longitude -71.4057° West, latitude -30.123° South, depth = 57.6 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 57.6 km (36 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Vicuña, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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