A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Puerto Quellon in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 22.74 km (14 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us700057x3. Unique identifier: us700057x3. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -74.3168 West, latitude -43.1516 South, depth = 22.74 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:36:34 / 7:36 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/08/19 / 2019-08-24 23:36:34 / August 24, 2019 @ 11:36 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 88 km (54 miles) from Castro (c. 29 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Puerto Quellón (c. 21 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Chonchi (c. 12 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Castro, Chonchi, Puerto Quellón (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 57 km W of Puerto Quellon, Chile.
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