A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, -71.9305° West, -29.4907° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us10003xa2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003xa2. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/11/15 / 2015-11-11 02:06:36 / November 11, 2015 @ 2:06 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:06:36 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 76 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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