A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 04:07:45 / 4:07 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/11/15 / 2015-11-11 09:07:45 / November 11, 2015 @ 9:07 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -72.1096 West, latitude -29.6464 South, depth = 15.68 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003xc2. Id of event: us10003xc2. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.68 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 WNW of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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