A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007d2k. Id of event: us20007d2k. The temblor was picked up at 07:21:18 / 7:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 11.81 km, -72.117° West, -30.3964° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/10/16 / 2016-10-10 12:21:18 / October 10, 2016 @ 12:21 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.81 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ovalle, Coquimbo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 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 five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-five 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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