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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Coquimbo in Chile


Earthquake location -30.0687S, -71.4629WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The epicenter was at a depth of 51.26 km (32 miles). Exact location of event, depth 51.26 km, -71.4629° West, -30.0687° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j71c. Unique identifier: us2000j71c. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:41:20 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/01/19 / 2019-01-22 00:41:20 / January 22, 2019 @ 12:41 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Vicuña, Ovalle. Event epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop).

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 nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-five 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 17 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.4629° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -30.0687° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 51.26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km SW of Coquimbo, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-22 00:41:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-22 01:29:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.245 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000j71c Id of event.
Event Code 2000j71c An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j71c, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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