large earthquake offshore of Chile

There's been a very large earthquake off the coast of Chile....

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Subject:	2015-11-11 02:46:19 (M6.8) OFFSHORE COQUIMBO, CHILE -29.5 -72.2 (2b02a)
Date:	Wed, 11 Nov 2015 03:05:52 +0000
From:	USGS ENS <ens@ens.usgs.gov>
Reply-To:	ens@ens.usgs.gov
To:	david.appell@gmail.com

M6.8 - OFFSHORE COQUIMBO, CHILE

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude	6.8
Date-Time	11 Nov 2015 02:46:19 UTC 10 Nov 2015 21:46:19 near epicenter 10 Nov 2015 18:46:19 standard time in your timezone
Location	29.485S 72.192W
Depth	10 km
Distances	97 km (60 mi) WNW of Coquimbo, Chile 102 km (63 mi) WNW of La Serena, Chile 155 km (96 mi) WNW of Vicuna, Chile 156 km (96 mi) NW of Ovalle, Chile 464 km (287 mi) NNW of Santiago, Chile
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 5.1 km; Vertical 1.8 km
Parameters	Nph = 98; Dmin = 104.4 km; Rmss = 1.59 seconds; Gp = 69° Version =
Event ID	us 10003x9g

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