A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 13:05:14 / 1:05 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -71.7062° West, latitude -30.2439° South, depth = 30.17 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004x18. Id of event: us10004x18. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/03/16 / 2016-03-12 16:05:14 / March 12, 2016 @ 4:05 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.17 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days four hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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: 47 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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