A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Exact location, longitude -71.7386° West, latitude -30.6506° South, depth = 23.86 km. Event id: us1000hpxh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hpxh. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.86 km (15 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/11/18 / 2018-11-09 18:54:09 / November 9, 2018 @ 6:54 pm. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:54:09 / 2:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 51 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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