A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 48.85 km (30 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:19:26 / 12:19 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j7ac. Unique identifier: us2000j7ac. Exact location, longitude -71.5673° West, latitude -30.1408° South, depth = 48.85 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/01/19 / 2019-01-22 16:19:26 / January 22, 2019 @ 4:19 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Vicuña, Ovalle. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 29 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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