A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Vallenar in Chile on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/11/19 / 2019-11-26 09:31:45 / November 26, 2019 @ 9:31 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us70006d4n. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006d4n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 04:31:45 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -71.6379 West, latitude -28.4583 South, depth = 23.22 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.22 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vallenar. The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop).
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 four and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km W of Vallenar, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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