A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The temblor was picked up at 03:32:46 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 34.29 km (21 miles). Global time and date of event 03/12/15 / 2015-12-03 08:32:46 / December 3, 2015 @ 8:32 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -71.6895° West, latitude -29.7343° South, depth = 34.29 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us100042yl. Unique identifier: us100042yl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle, Vicuña, La Serena (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 41 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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