A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 101 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile (63 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:55:53 / 2:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -72.1386 West, latitude -29.3624 South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/11/15 / 2015-11-25 19:55:53 / November 25, 2015 @ 7:55 pm. Id of earthquake: us100041b9. Event ids that are associated: us100041b9. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days eighty-nine 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 101 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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