A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Exact location, longitude -71.5507° West, latitude -30.0595° South, depth = 57.26 km. The temblor was reported at 03:48:54 / 3:48 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/01/19 / 2019-01-26 07:48:54 / January 26, 2019 @ 7:48 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.26 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j94t. Unique identifier: us2000j94t. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Vicuña, Ovalle.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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