A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from La Serena in Chile on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 33.86 km, -71.4264° West, -29.6708° South. The temblor was detected at 19:10:03 / 7:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/08/15 / 2015-08-23 23:10:03 / August 23, 2015 @ 11:10 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.86 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us100034du. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100034du.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ovalle, Vicuña, Coquimbo. Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 31 km NNW of La Serena, Chile.
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