A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Monday. The temblor was detected at 11:15:58 / 11:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/07/16 / 2016-07-11 16:15:58 / July 11, 2016 @ 4:15 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 8.12 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -72.1156 West, latitude -29.8645 South, depth = 8.12 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us100062me. Unique identifier: us100062me.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
How would you describe the shaking?
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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km W of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply