A earthquake with magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) was reported 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/11/15 / 2015-11-11 01:54:37 / November 11, 2015 @ 1:54 am. The temblor was picked up at 20:54:37 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10003x8t. Ids that are associated to the event: pt15315051, at00nxmnz2, us10003x8t. Exact location of event, longitude -72.0913 West, latitude -29.4874 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Coquimbo in Chile (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 94 km (58 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.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 88 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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