A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The temblor was reported at 04:29:17 / 4:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60.73 km (38 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -71.5353 West, latitude -30.1882 South, depth = 60.73 km. Global time and date of event 25/01/19 / 2019-01-25 08:29:17 / January 25, 2019 @ 8:29 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000j8pl. Event ids that are associated: us2000j8pl.
Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vicuña, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 31 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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