A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 94 km W of Coquimbo, Chile (58 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 11/11/15 / 2015-11-11 15:43:14 / November 11, 2015 @ 3:43 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 10:43:14 / 10:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -72.313° West, -29.8468° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003xes. Id of event: us10003xes.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-four 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 94 km W of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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