A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -71.377 West, latitude -31.3834 South, depth = 48.36 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48.36 km (30 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100044k5. Id of event: us100044k5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/15 / 2015-12-07 07:51:11 / December 7, 2015 @ 7:51 am. The temblor was picked up at 04:51:11 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle, Monte Patria, Salamanca (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 34 km NW of Illapel, Chile.
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