A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/03/16 / 2016-03-23 13:14:06 / March 23, 2016 @ 1:14 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 10:14:06 / 10:14 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 20.87 km (13 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.848 West, latitude -30.35 South, depth = 20.87 km. Unique identifier: us20005c10. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005c10. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, La Serena, Ovalle (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 65 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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