A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:53:36 / 3:53 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 20:53:36 / January 29, 2020 @ 8:53 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us60007jgq. Unique identifier: us60007jgq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -72.1411 West, latitude -30.2366 South, depth = 11.49 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.49 km (7 miles).
The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle, La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 83 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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