A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/07/15 / 2015-07-16 10:48:05 / July 16, 2015 @ 10:48 am. The temblor was picked up at 05:48:05 / 5:48 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002xvy. Unique identifier: us20002xvy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -71.9138° West, -29.4964° South, depth 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 74 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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