A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20003ls4. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003ls4. Exact location, longitude -72.2493° West, latitude -30.1069° South, depth = 6.88 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 08:31:24 / September 19, 2015 @ 8:31 am. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:31:24 / 3:31 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 6.88 km (4 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo. Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 89 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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