A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.42 km (38 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003d59. Id of event: us70003d59. Exact location of earthquake, -71.4225° West, -30.2455° South, depth 61.42 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:50:02 / 6:50 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/04/19 / 2019-04-27 22:50:02 / April 27, 2019 @ 10:50 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 33 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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