A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -71.7427 West, latitude -31.0303 South, depth = 22.32 km. The temblor was reported at 19:39:20 / 7:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.32 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 22:39:20 / September 17, 2015 @ 10:39 pm. Event id: us20003l02. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003l02.
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel, Monte Patria. Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-eight, in the last 10 days fifty-eight, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 70 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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