A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. 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 28.58 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/08/19 / 2019-08-17 09:18:21 / August 17, 2019 @ 9:18 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:18:21 / 4:18 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us600056dc. Ids that are associated to the event: us600056dc. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.6758 West, latitude -30.024 South, depth = 28.58 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, Ovalle, La Serena.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 32 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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