A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000k8re. Unique identifier: us2000k8re. Exact location of earthquake, -71.4702° West, -30.1909° South, depth 35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/04/19 / 2019-04-01 18:44:49 / April 1, 2019 @ 6:44 pm. The temblor was picked up at 14:44:49 / 2:44 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vicuña, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 29 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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