A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -71.8994 West, latitude -29.3971 South, depth = 35 km. The temblor was reported at 21:18:08 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/11/15 / 2015-11-11 02:18:08 / November 11, 2015 @ 2:18 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003x96. Unique identifier: us10003x96. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 81 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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