A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Puerto Quellon in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16.28 km (10 miles). Exact location, longitude -74.5349° West, latitude -43.3636° South, depth = 16.28 km. 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: us10007piy. Unique identifier: us10007piy. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/01/17 / 2017-01-03 21:19:08 / January 3, 2017 @ 9:19 pm. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:19:08 / 5:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Puerto Quellón (c. 21 800 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Chonchi (c. 12 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chonchi, Puerto Quellón (min 5000 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 seventeen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km WSW of Puerto Quellon, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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