A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, Southern East Pacific Rise (0 miles). Exact location, longitude -114.9431° West, latitude -49.9069° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/09/19 / 2019-09-01 02:34:50 / September 1, 2019 @ 2:34 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70005arj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005arj. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:34:50 / 6:34 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: Southern East Pacific Rise.
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