A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from San Pedro de Atacama in Chile on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/11/15 / 2015-11-01 15:16:14 / November 1, 2015 @ 3:16 pm. The temblor was picked up at 12:16:14 / 12:16 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.2201 West, latitude -23.1992 South, depth = 80 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000416s. Id of event: us2000416s.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 110 km (68 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 31 km S of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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