A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The temblor was picked up at 07:31:26 / 7:31 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20003kk1. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003kk1. Exact location of event, depth 42.49 km, -71.4001° West, -30.9869° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.49 km (26 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 10:31:26 / September 17, 2015 @ 10:31 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Illapel, Monte Patria. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 47 km (29 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days fifty-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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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