A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 00:42:56 / September 17, 2015 @ 12:42 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003kag. Id of event: us20003kag. The temblor was picked up at 21:42:56 / 9:42 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.86 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -71.662 West, latitude -30.8922 South, depth = 32.86 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Illapel, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 54 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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