A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from San Antonio in Chile. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -72.5208° West, -33.7642° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/04/19 / 2019-04-07 10:52:40 / April 7, 2019 @ 10:52 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000kbs5. Unique identifier: us2000kbs5. The temblor was reported at 05:52:40 / 5:52 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cartagena, San Antonio (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 85 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile.
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