A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:57:16 / 7:57 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/09/19 / 2019-09-09 11:57:16 / September 9, 2019 @ 11:57 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.6109 West, latitude -30.1646 South, depth = 35 km. Id of earthquake: us70005dms. Event ids that are associated: us70005dms.
Nearby 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 Vicuña, Monte Patria, Ovalle. The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop).
Every 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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-four 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.
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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. 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: 34 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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