A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Coihueco in Chile. The epicenter was at a depth of 133.76 km (83 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/11/15 / 2015-11-25 16:22:00 / November 25, 2015 @ 4:22 pm. Exact location, longitude -71.2224° West, latitude -36.5515° South, depth = 133.76 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000419h. Unique identifier: us1000419h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:22:00 / 1:22 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Chillán (c. 150 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Linares (c. 69 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from San Carlos (c. 31 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Parral (c. 26 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Coihueco (c. 7 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Longaví (c. 6 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Linares, Chillán, Longaví. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 55 km E of Coihueco, Chile.
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