A earthquake magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) strikes 111 kilometers (69 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -72.3 West, latitude -29.4 South, depth = 32 km. Unique identifier: at00nxmnz2. Ids that are associated to the event: pt15315051, at00nxmnz2. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/11/15 / 2015-11-11 01:54:45 / November 11, 2015 @ 1:54 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 20:54:45 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Coquimbo in Chile (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 111 km (69 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 116 km (72 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 111 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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