A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.73 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 02:43:40 / 2:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -71.5177° West, latitude -32.1886° South, depth = 32.73 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e8gl. Unique identifier: us1000e8gl. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/05/18 / 2018-05-19 06:43:40 / May 19, 2018 @ 6:43 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Felipe, Villa Alemana, Quilpué (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from San Felipe (c. 59 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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: 39 km NW of La Ligua, Chile.
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