A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, -71.9942° West, -29.5325° South, depth 15.18 km. The temblor was detected at 22:07:49 / 10:07 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003x9t. Id of event: us10003x9t. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/11/15 / 2015-11-11 03:07:49 / November 11, 2015 @ 3:07 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.18 km (9 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 78 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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