A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.4577 West, latitude -30.843 South, depth = 34.28 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.28 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 00:02:01 / 12:02 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003m30. Id of event: us20003m30. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/09/15 / 2015-09-20 03:02:01 / September 20, 2015 @ 3:02 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 100 km (62 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days eighty-six, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 36 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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