A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 04:38:10 / September 17, 2015 @ 4:38 am. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:38:10 / 1:38 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.86 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us20003kh2. Event ids that are associated: us20003kh2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -71.765° West, latitude -31.2553° South, depth = 29.86 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Salamanca, Ovalle. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 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-one, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km NW of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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