A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 18.36 km, -71.6447° West, -30.5444° South. The temblor was detected at 18:43:26 / 6:43 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000j9nk. Id of event: us1000j9nk. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.36 km (11 miles). Global time and date of event 01/03/19 / 2019-03-01 22:43:26 / March 1, 2019 @ 10:43 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). 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. 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 six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 43 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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