A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Exact location of event, longitude -72.0368 West, latitude -30.4041 South, depth = 9.01 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003v47. Id of event: us10003v47. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.01 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/11/15 / 2015-11-06 04:57:05 / November 6, 2015 @ 4:57 am. The temblor was detected at 23:57:05 / 11:57 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 83 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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