A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/19 / 2019-07-26 23:22:26 / July 26, 2019 @ 11:22 pm. Id of earthquake: us60004w8g. Event ids that are associated: us60004w8g. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.0165 West, latitude -29.3739 South, depth = 9.89 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.89 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 18:22:26 / 6:22 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coquimbo.
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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 91 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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