A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The epicenter was at a depth of 51.26 km (32 miles). Exact location of event, depth 51.26 km, -71.4629° West, -30.0687° South. 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: us2000j71c. Unique identifier: us2000j71c. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:41:20 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/01/19 / 2019-01-22 00:41:20 / January 22, 2019 @ 12:41 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Vicuña, Ovalle. Event epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-five 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.
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