A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Thursday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:28:31 / 4:28 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.5062 West, latitude -29.6656 South, depth = 41.26 km. Id of earthquake: us70003c5k. Event ids that are associated: us70003c5k. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/04/19 / 2019-04-25 20:28:31 / April 25, 2019 @ 8:28 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41.26 km (26 miles).
Event epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 35 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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