A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/12/15 / 2015-12-26 17:59:37 / December 26, 2015 @ 5:59 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -72.0776° West, latitude -31.7566° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:59:37 / 12:59 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us100049q7. Event ids that are associated: us100049q7.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km W of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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