A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Taltal in Chile on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:54:52 / 11:54 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/12/17 / 2017-12-28 03:54:52 / December 28, 2017 @ 3:54 am. Id of earthquake: us1000bwzn. Event ids that are associated: us1000bwzn. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.1809 West, latitude -24.8929 South, depth = 52.96 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.96 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). 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 Taltal.
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 63 km NNE of Taltal, Chile.
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