A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 03:44:07 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/11/15 / 2015-11-06 08:44:07 / November 6, 2015 @ 8:44 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.2632 West, latitude -30.1303 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003v5a. Id of event: us10003v5a.
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). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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