A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.83 km (10 miles). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:32:11 / 11:32 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20003kgq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003kgq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.1382 West, latitude -30.9392 South, depth = 15.83 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 04:32:11 / September 17, 2015 @ 4:32 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 97 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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