A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.41 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/11/15 / 2015-11-16 20:52:19 / November 16, 2015 @ 8:52 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 15:52:19 / 3:52 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10003ytn. Unique identifier: us10003ytn. Exact location of earthquake, -72.1531° West, -30.3456° South, depth 13.41 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Ovalle, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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