A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 21:13:35 / January 8, 2020 @ 9:13 pm. Unique identifier: us70006wjx. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006wjx. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.54 km (8 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -72.1755° West, -29.8061° South, depth 12.54 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:13:35 / 4:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 82 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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