A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 12:09:44 / September 17, 2015 @ 12:09 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 07:09:44 / 7:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -72.1827° West, latitude -32.1934° South, depth = 11.15 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.15 km (7 miles). Event id: us20003kkt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003kkt.
Earthquake epicenter was 107 km (67 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Valparaíso, La Ligua (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 94 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile.
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