A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003y1w. Id of event: us10003y1w. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.9406 West, latitude -30.3843 South, depth = 16.94 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:28:18 / 6:28 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.94 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/11/15 / 2015-11-10 23:28:18 / November 10, 2015 @ 11:28 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo, Ovalle (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days seventy-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 74 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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