A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from La Serena in Chile. The temblor was reported at 20:32:23 / 8:32 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/04/19 / 2019-04-11 00:32:23 / April 11, 2019 @ 12:32 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.98 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 46.98 km, -71.446° West, -29.4764° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000346y. Unique identifier: us7000346y. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (34 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coquimbo, La Serena (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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: 51 km NNW of La Serena, Chile.
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