A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The epicenter was at a depth of 30 km (19 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 20:42:37 / December 8, 2016 @ 8:42 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -71.91° West, -31.57° South, depth 30 km. Unique identifier: us20007zam. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007zam. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:42:37 / 3:42 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel. Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 93 km (57 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 70 km W of Illapel, Chile.
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