A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/03/19 / 2019-03-17 14:18:53 / March 17, 2019 @ 2:18 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -72.0883° West, -29.9036° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:18:53 / 9:18 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000jhgw. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jhgw.
Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 72 km W of Coquimbo, Chile.
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