A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:44:39 / 12:44 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 05:44:39 / September 17, 2015 @ 5:44 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003khn. Id of event: us20003khn. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.1723 West, latitude -31.8122 South, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Illapel (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 97 km (60 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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