A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/04/19 / 2019-04-28 14:22:48 / April 28, 2019 @ 2:22 pm. Exact location, longitude -71.6683° West, latitude -30.0583° South, depth = 18.87 km. The temblor was reported at 10:22:48 / 10:22 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.87 km (12 miles). Unique identifier: us70003dfa. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003dfa.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ovalle, La Serena, Coquimbo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop).
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 three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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