A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51.83 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:47:26 / 4:47 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000jnt0. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jnt0. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/02/19 / 2019-02-26 08:47:26 / February 26, 2019 @ 8:47 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -71.4575° West, latitude -30.2151° South, depth = 51.83 km.
Epicenter of the event was 31 km (19 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vicuña, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Close 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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