A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Sunday. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:51:09 / 12:51 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 15.19 km (9 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/06/16 / 2016-06-05 05:51:09 / June 5, 2016 @ 5:51 am. Exact location of event, depth 15.19 km, -71.9093° West, -29.3526° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20006257. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006257.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen 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: 86 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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