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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Coquimbo in Chile


Earthquake location -30.3513S, -72.1178WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Event id: us10003zh0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003zh0. Global time and date of event 19/11/15 / 2015-11-19 07:47:27 / November 19, 2015 @ 7:47 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.21 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 02:47:27 / 2:47 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -72.1178° West, -30.3513° South, depth 8.21 km.

Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days ninety-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 86 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.1178° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -30.3513° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86km WSW 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 2015-11-19 07:47:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-16 09:35:11 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 312 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 0.526 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 137 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10003zh0 Id of event.
Event Code 10003zh0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003zh0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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