A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Monte Patria in Chile on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/02/19 / 2019-02-22 09:25:58 / February 22, 2019 @ 9:25 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jler. Unique identifier: us2000jler. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:25:58 / 5:25 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 89.23 km (55 miles). Exact location of event, depth 89.23 km, -71.0129° West, -30.7566° South.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo, Vicuña (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 9 km (5 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 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 three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 9 km SW of Monte Patria, Chile.
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