A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Thursday. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:32:50 / 1:32 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000dsin. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dsin. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.195 West, latitude -30.6254 South, depth = 59.22 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.22 km (37 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/04/18 / 2018-04-26 05:32:50 / April 26, 2018 @ 5:32 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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