A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 22:12:16 / September 18, 2015 @ 10:12 pm. The temblor was detected at 17:12:16 / 5:12 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.15 km (9 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003llr. Id of event: us20003llr. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.1081 West, latitude -30.372 South, depth = 14.15 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Ovalle, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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