A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/11/15 / 2015-11-11 02:29:59 / November 11, 2015 @ 2:29 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:29:59 / 9:29 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -72.0963° West, -29.485° South. Unique identifier: us10003y43. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003y43.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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