A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Tuesday. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:01:06 / 9:01 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -71.9823° West, latitude -29.6064° South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us100041dt. Event ids that are associated: us100041dt. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/11/15 / 2015-11-11 02:01:06 / November 11, 2015 @ 2:01 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
Did you feel anything?
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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 72 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply