A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The temblor was detected at 21:06:16 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003k8w. Id of event: us20003k8w. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 00:06:16 / September 17, 2015 @ 12:06 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -71.6851° West, latitude -30.8997° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel, Monte Patria, Ovalle. Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 57 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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