A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004gun. Id of event: us20004gun. The temblor was detected at 16:22:22 / 4:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/11/15 / 2015-11-21 19:22:22 / November 21, 2015 @ 7:22 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.6223 West, latitude -30.3314 South, depth = 29.93 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.93 km (19 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, La Serena, Ovalle.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days eighty and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 49 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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