A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/01/19 / 2019-01-20 09:23:32 / January 20, 2019 @ 9:23 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 18.28 km, -72.0335° West, -29.8743° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.28 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 04:23:32 / 4:23 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000j6l3. Event ids that are associated: us2000j6l3.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 67 km W of Coquimbo, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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