A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29.62 km (18 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -71.7392 West, latitude -30.7884 South, depth = 29.62 km. Id of earthquake: us1000454p. Event ids that are associated: us1000454p. The temblor was picked up at 09:56:07 / 9:56 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/12/15 / 2015-12-08 12:56:07 / December 8, 2015 @ 12:56 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Illapel, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
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 thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 55 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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