A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 24.37 km, -71.8° West, -30.5766° South. The temblor was reported at 20:05:29 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/11/15 / 2015-11-21 23:05:29 / November 21, 2015 @ 11:05 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.37 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10004077. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004077.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria. The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Close 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 two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 57 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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