A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 45.01 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:44:47 / 9:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 45.01 km, -71.6123° West, -30.2225° South. Id of earthquake: us2000j78i. Event ids that are associated: us2000j78i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 22/01/19 / 2019-01-22 13:44:47 / January 22, 2019 @ 1:44 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vicuña, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 39 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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