A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The temblor was detected at 00:57:37 / 12:57 am (local time epicenter). 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). Unique identifier: us1000409y. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000409y. Exact location of event, longitude -71.9436 West, latitude -30.3714 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/11/15 / 2015-11-22 05:57:37 / November 22, 2015 @ 5:57 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Ovalle, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 74 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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