A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from La Serena in Chile on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -71.3797 West, latitude -29.6744 South, depth = 41.28 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.28 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/01/19 / 2019-01-28 03:33:36 / January 28, 2019 @ 3:33 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:33:36 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000j9kh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j9kh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 31 km (19 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, Coquimbo, La Serena. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 28 km NNW of La Serena, Chile.
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