A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -72.1141° West, -29.4996° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:14:39 / 9:14 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003x90. Id of event: us10003x90. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/11/15 / 2015-11-11 02:14:39 / November 11, 2015 @ 2:14 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. 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: 89 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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