A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:35:27 / 4:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -71.2751° West, -30.0525° South, depth 63.336 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 63.336 km (39 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pzwd. Unique identifier: us6000pzwd. Global time and date of event 20/03/25 / 2025-03-20 04:35:27 / March 20, 2025 @ 4:35 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 13 km (8 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Ovalle, Vicuña.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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