A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Diego de Almagro in Chile on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:29:15 / 5:29 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us200066n4. Unique identifier: us200066n4. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 130 km (81 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/06/16 / 2016-06-24 21:29:15 / June 24, 2016 @ 9:29 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -69.8° West, -25.74° South, depth 130 km.
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Diego de Almagro (c. 18 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taltal, Diego de Almagro (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 73 km NNE of Diego de Almagro, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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