A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.96 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -71.998° West, -31.6889° South, depth 16.96 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003m40. Id of event: us20003m40. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:07:03 / 1:07 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/09/15 / 2015-09-20 06:07:03 / September 20, 2015 @ 6:07 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel. Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days one hundred and six, in the past 30 days one hundred and six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 79 km W of Illapel, Chile.
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