A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from La Serena in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.22 km (27 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/01/17 / 2017-01-01 03:25:38 / January 1, 2017 @ 3:25 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007p19. Id of event: us10007p19. Exact location, longitude -71.3356° West, latitude -29.6335° South, depth = 43.22 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:25:38 / 11:25 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (22 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, Coquimbo, La Serena (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km NNW of La Serena, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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