A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 11/11/15 / 2015-11-11 07:08:55 / November 11, 2015 @ 7:08 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10003xak. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003xak. The temblor was detected at 02:08:55 / 2:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -72.1351 West, latitude -29.4844 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 92 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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