A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Monday. 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: us20003mgp. Id of event: us20003mgp. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24.69 km (15 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -71.9092 West, latitude -31.0386 South, depth = 24.69 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/09/15 / 2015-09-21 15:37:07 / September 21, 2015 @ 3:37 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 10:37:07 / 10:37 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Illapel, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 83 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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