A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Tuesday. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:23:38 / 9:23 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10003x94. Unique identifier: us10003x94. The epicenter was 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). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/11/15 / 2015-11-11 02:23:38 / November 11, 2015 @ 2:23 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -71.9926° West, -29.4617° South.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 83 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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