A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/05/19 / 2019-05-04 19:51:05 / May 4, 2019 @ 7:51 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.21 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -71.5988° West, -29.7851° South, depth 34.21 km. The temblor was detected at 14:51:05 / 2:51 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003gqv. Id of event: us70003gqv.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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