A earthquake with magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 109 kilometers (68 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. All ids that are associated to the event: pt15315051. Unique identifier: pt15315051. The temblor was reported at 20:54:37 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). 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 01:54:37 / November 11, 2015 @ 1:54 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -72.283 West, latitude -29.395 South, depth = 33 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 110 km (69 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 115 km (71 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop).
Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 109 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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