A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 103 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile (64 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -72.3341 West, latitude -29.5932 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:36:51 / 9:36 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10003y3a. Event ids that are associated: us10003y3a. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/11/15 / 2015-11-13 14:36:51 / November 13, 2015 @ 2:36 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 103 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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