A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Event id: us7000perw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000perw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 18:57:43 / 6:57 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/02/25 / 2025-02-19 18:57:43 / February 19, 2025 @ 6:57 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.84 km (27 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -71.4075° West, -30.0251° South, depth 42.84 km.
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 10 km (6 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Ovalle, Vicuña.
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 thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 10 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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