A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.1229 West, latitude -29.7769 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:02:52 / 12:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/11/15 / 2015-11-15 17:02:52 / November 15, 2015 @ 5:02 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us10003yii. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003yii. 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).
Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 77 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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