A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/01/19 / 2019-01-20 07:39:26 / January 20, 2019 @ 7:39 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.39 km (38 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:39:26 / 3:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -71.3653° West, latitude -30.1619° South, depth = 61.39 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j6kt. Id of event: us2000j6kt.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Vicuña, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km S of Coquimbo, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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