A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 20:14:40 / 8:14 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us100031b7. Unique identifier: us100031b7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/08/15 / 2015-08-12 00:14:40 / August 12, 2015 @ 12:14 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.86 km (21 miles). Exact location of event, depth 33.86 km, -71.6549° West, -31.6953° South.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 46 km W of Illapel, Chile.
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