A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from San Antonio in Chile. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/08/19 / 2019-08-02 00:55:16 / August 2, 2019 @ 12:55 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.68 km (12 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:55:16 / 7:55 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us60004z17. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004z17. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -72.3203° West, latitude -34.2181° South, depth = 18.68 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cartagena, Santa Cruz, San Antonio. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 96 km (59 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 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 seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 94 km SW of San Antonio, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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