A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/11/15 / 2015-11-14 07:43:07 / November 14, 2015 @ 7:43 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.0999 West, latitude -29.5687 South, depth = 10.05 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.05 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 02:43:07 / 2:43 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10003yb9. Unique identifier: us10003yb9.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo. The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 84 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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