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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Coquimbo in Chile


Earthquake location -29.5325S, -71.9942WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.9942° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.5325° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.18 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 78km NW of Coquimbo, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-11 03:07:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-11 03:29:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 400 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.761 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 146 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10003x9t Id of event.
Event Code 10003x9t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003x9t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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