A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from San Antonio in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/10/16 / 2016-10-31 11:15:47 / October 31, 2016 @ 11:15 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -72.4923° West, -33.7583° South, depth 14.27 km. Event id: us1000738c. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000738c. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:15:47 / 6:15 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14.27 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cartagena, San Antonio. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 82 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile.
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