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Minor World Earthquakes Magnitude -3.9

Minor earthquake, 3.9 mag has occurred near Coquimbo in Chile


Earthquake location -29.5394S, -71.9808WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Sunday. Unique identifier: us10003yk2. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003yk2. Exact location of event, depth 14.09 km, -71.9808° West, -29.5394° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.09 km (9 miles). The temblor was picked up at 18:29:44 / 6:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/11/15 / 2015-11-15 23:29:44 / November 15, 2015 @ 11:29 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo.

In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 76 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.9808° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.5394° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.09 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76km NW of Coquimbo, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-15 23:29:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-01 05:06:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 234 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.748 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 175 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10003yk2 Id of event.
Event Code 10003yk2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003yk2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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