A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -71.3406° West, latitude -31.1097° South, depth = 26.05 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003kdq. Unique identifier: us20003kdq. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:09:05 / 8:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.05 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/09/15 / 2015-09-16 23:09:05 / September 16, 2015 @ 11:09 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Illapel, Monte Patria.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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