A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/12/15 / 2015-12-03 03:56:47 / December 3, 2015 @ 3:56 am. Event id: us100042wz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100042wz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -72.2273° West, -30.1937° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:56:47 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo. The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 89 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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