A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 03:06:10 / 3:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/11/19 / 2019-11-03 08:06:10 / November 3, 2019 @ 8:06 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -72.103 West, latitude -30.6576 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us700062hv. Event ids that are associated: us700062hv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 107 km (67 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 86 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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