A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:12:52 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -71.8379 West, latitude -30.6154 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 10:12:52 / September 17, 2015 @ 10:12 am. Unique identifier: us20003kjw. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003kjw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria. Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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: 61 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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