A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.3428 West, latitude -30.1026 South, depth = 66.86 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.86 km (42 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/03/19 / 2019-03-07 06:34:09 / March 7, 2019 @ 6:34 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000jbrq. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jbrq. The temblor was picked up at 02:34:09 / 2:34 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Vicuña, Ovalle. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 17 km (10 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-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. 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: 16 km S of Coquimbo, Chile.
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