A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was reported 86 kilometers (53 miles) from San Antonio in Chile on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us100072gn. Unique identifier: us100072gn. Global time and date of event 27/10/16 / 2016-10-27 20:32:55 / October 27, 2016 @ 8:32 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 15:32:55 / 3:32 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 14.8 km (9 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -72.5338° West, -33.7647° South, depth 14.8 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Valparaíso, Cartagena, San Antonio. Epicenter of the earthquake was 117 km (72 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 86 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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