A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 04:02:10 / September 17, 2015 @ 4:02 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.51 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.9935 West, latitude -31.2428 South, depth = 19.51 km. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:02:10 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003kft. Unique identifier: us20003kft.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 104 km (65 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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 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: 89 km WNW of Illapel, Chile.
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