A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, Southern East Pacific Rise (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -109.3955° West, -33.2054° South, depth 15.1 km. Event id: us20003jqz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003jqz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.1 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 11:26:03 / 11:26 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/09/15 / 2015-09-15 18:26:03 / September 15, 2015 @ 6:26 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Southern East Pacific Rise. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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