A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -71.5487° West, latitude -30.8353° South, depth = 35.23 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.23 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/01/17 / 2017-01-19 12:01:51 / January 19, 2017 @ 12:01 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007u35. Unique identifier: us10007u35. The temblor was picked up at 08:01:51 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, Illapel, Monte Patria (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 42 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.
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