A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 101 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile (63 miles). Global time and date of event 10/11/15 / 2015-11-10 11:43:46 / November 10, 2015 @ 11:43 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:43:46 / 6:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.2444 West, latitude -29.48 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us10003w9k. Event ids that are associated: us10003w9k. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 101 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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