A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/11/15 / 2015-11-12 16:01:14 / November 12, 2015 @ 4:01 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.76 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:01:14 / 11:01 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10003xt3. Event ids that are associated: us10003xt3. Exact location of event, longitude -71.9577 West, latitude -29.4648 South, depth = 24.76 km.
Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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