A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000jaux. Unique identifier: us1000jaux. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.69 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -71.7799° West, -29.8676° South, depth 10.69 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/03/19 / 2019-03-05 16:31:26 / March 5, 2019 @ 4:31 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:31:26 / 11:31 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 43 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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