A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -71.519 West, latitude -30.2879 South, depth = 49.22 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:50:28 / 2:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/11/15 / 2015-11-09 05:50:28 / November 9, 2015 @ 5:50 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003vwh. Unique identifier: us10003vwh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.22 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, Monte Patria, La Serena.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 40 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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