A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 109 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile (68 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.366 West, latitude -32.2227 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 08:18:18 / September 18, 2015 @ 8:18 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us20003l55. Event ids that are associated: us20003l55. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:18:18 / 3:18 am (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 109 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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