A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The epicenter was at a depth of 46.37 km (29 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 16:25:04 / 4:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 46.37 km, -71.368° West, -30.6454° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/12/15 / 2015-12-19 19:25:04 / December 19, 2015 @ 7:25 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us100048du. Unique identifier: us100048du.
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel, Vicuña, La Serena (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 ten, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 16 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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