A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from La Serena in Chile. Exact location of event, depth 39.68 km, -71.3376° West, -29.6644° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 18:54:32 / 6:54 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/02/19 / 2019-02-25 22:54:32 / February 25, 2019 @ 10:54 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.68 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jn53. Unique identifier: us2000jn53.
Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vicuña, Coquimbo, La Serena (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km NNW of La Serena, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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