A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 126.07 km (78 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/01/17 / 2017-01-10 14:59:47 / January 10, 2017 @ 2:59 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007sd0. Id of event: us10007sd0. Exact location of event, longitude -70.9613 West, latitude -31.3106 South, depth = 126.07 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:59:47 / 10:59 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle, Monte Patria, Salamanca.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km NNE of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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